Janelle monae

I know what I like; if you go to my closet, I have at least four of everything.

People in my family and camp who grew up listening to rap music love 'We Are Young.' I've heard it play at weddings. I've heard it in graduation parties. It's a big idea and big song.

Honestly, I don't believe in menswear. I focus on what pieces are most timeless, transcendent, match my lifestyle, remain remarkable, and command intriguing attention across the room at an art...

I enjoy how women dressed in the 1920s with the shimmering jewels and rich feathers.

There are months when I'm on a plane every day!

When I was growing up, both my grandmothers would play the organ, and we would all sing.

I won't sit here and say I've never had a pimple, but I try to have a really great diet, you know, lots of vegetables and fish. And I think stress plays a huge part too.

My message is that I want to reach the people - the people who work each and every day.

Becoming a CoverGirl is truly an honor and a gift. It opens up a new platform for me to inspire women to feel stronger, braver and more beautiful inside and out.

I just think my own ambition would not allow me to sit on the gifts that my creator had given me. And so that's when I realized that I could actually go away.