Quotes by Keke Palmer

About Keke Palmer:

Lauren Keyana is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and television personality. Palmer was born in Harvey, Illinois and raised in Robbins, Illinois. After Palmer's film debut, Palmer and her family moved to California to help her pursue a career in acting. Palmer released her debut album, So Uncool, on September 18, 2007 through Atlantic Records. The album failed to chart on the US Billboard 200 but did chart at number 85 on the R&B chart. The album was preceded by the lead single "Keep It Movin'".
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As you age, you start to realize that your emotions are in your hands and not someone else's. Once you put them in someone else's hands, that's when you give them the power, and you can't change it. Only they can change it.

Keke Palmer

When people think of me initially, they remember me as 'Akeelah.' Sometimes it can be frustrating to be remembered at an age that you've outgrown.

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I don't wish for anything. Wishing for a million dollars feels greedy. I just wish for the best for me.

Keke Palmer

I think people should have fun. And don't get so down on yourself. Enjoy life and be the best person you can be.

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When I was a kid, people people would always say, 'Oh you look like Chilli from TLC.' It wasn't until I did 'Akeelah and the Bee' that people started saying I looked like Angela Bassett, but before then it was Chilli.

Keke Palmer

Whatever my situation is, I want to show that I'm not perfect, and perfect isn't real. The youth need to know that, especially.

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I can dance. I like hip hop and stuff and jazz movements, but I'm horrible in ballet. I tried.

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You can do anything as long as you don't stop believing. When it is meant to be, it will be. You just have to follow your heart.

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I feel like you have to tell people who you are, but you don't have to be disrespectful about it. But you also don't have to be a shrinking violet.

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When I was, like, 5 years old, I used to pray to have light skin because I would always hear how pretty that little light skin girl was, or I would hear I was pretty to be dark skin. It wasn't until I was 13 that I really learned to appreciate my ski...

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We need to stop separating ourselves by how dark or how light we are.

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Some of my favorite style icons are Kate Moss and Rihanna, except I'm a little bit younger. I put a little bit more teenage into it.

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You're going to have to speak up for yourself - and I learned that after always being, for lack of a better word, crapped on.

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Anything that controls my state of mind I never really want to do because I always want to be under control. That might be part of me being a Virgo. I never want to do something that stops me from being in control of who I am and my actions.

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Actually, Keke is my nickname. When I was little, my sister was about four years old, and she had an imaginary friend named Keke. And she wanted my name to be Keke.

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I'm a mash-up of everyone. My influences would be Michael Jackson, Brandy, Aaliyah - those types of people. So if you can imagine them - and with me taking them, and then putting my own twist and the influence on it - that's musically what I would so...

Keke Palmer

I'm not a huge musical fan. It's like when people just jump out singing; it's not real.

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I was bullied a lot as a kid in school from kindergarten up to third grade. I know what it feels like to be left out and to want to be different - more so, to want to not be different and want to just fit in.

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I think you can do anything you put your mind to. I think your mind is the worst thing you can use as a reason to not do something.

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I never try to be too sexy. People know when you're not comfortable and trying to be sexy.

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Author Bio

  • NameKeke Palmer
  • DescriptionAmerican actress, singer-songwriter
  • BornAugust 26, 1993
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionSinger; Actor; Singer-songwriter; Composer