In high school, I listened to Lady Gaga and I was really obsessed with just being who you are and owning that experience - she was a really big inspiration in that aspect to me and my friends, who were young and growing up, and making our way through the city and the world.

EJ Johnson

Categorized in : You Me City Experience

I'm very happy with myself and I think - I always say that I think that if you feel like you're not in the right body, then by all means get to where you want to be.

feel myself you happy

I don't feel that I'm in the wrong body. I feel like this is the body I'm supposed to be in.

wrong feel like body

I don't feel the need to transition. I'm almost 100 percent positive I won't.

need feel percent positive

I'm just very comfortable in my own skin. I like my body.

skin own my-own body

I'm not just some other rich girl who's trying to get a show.

some rich girl trying

I remember being, like, 4 and 5 and playing in my mom's closet. But also asking questions like 'Who's this?' and 'What's that?,' and my mom explaining to me, 'This is a Chanel and this is a Versace.'

questions me mom remember

I would watch 'the Kardashians' and think, I could do that.

would watch could think

I think that New York liberated me in the sense that I moved here when I was 18, so it was a fresh perspective on life. I had been living in L.A. my whole life and I had never lived anywhere else, so being away from family and really making a name for myself was huge for me.

myself me family life

I miss those days when I could just walk around under the radar and no one really knew who I was until I wanted them to know.

miss walk just know

I wear what I want to wear and I do what I want to do and I think everyone should do that.

wear everyone think want

I have a lot of personality and I'm funny.

lot personality funny

I don't like to carry things in my pockets.

carry things like pockets

My dad's entire business and enterprises have been about helping the African-American community.

about dad community business

A lot of people ask me if I only get all this attention because of my dad. The answer is no.

me dad attention people

I realize I'm not going to meet my man at a club, and that's where I used to troll for men.

meet realize man men

I just wanted to feel sexy and get male attention and get guys and do that whole experience because I didn't really have that before. And so when I started to get it, I just took it and ran with it.

feel sexy experience attention

I'm always constantly doing something else.

something-else something doing always

I always wanted to come into the spotlight. I always had dreams and plans of doing my own thing and creating my own image, so it came a little sooner than I thought it would but this is still something I knew I would be going through and would have to experience.

dreams thought my-own experience

After I got all the love and support from my family then I knew I could go out and conquer the world, I guess.

support family love world

The only time it gets weird is which bathroom do I go into sometimes.

weird go time sometimes