“My mom sat me down and told me something I've never forgotten. She said, 'Everett, honey, people will always try to put others in boxes, to tell you what you should be. Those boxes can hurt if you let them. But the best way to blow those boxes up like firecrackers on Independence Day, and the most important thing, is to be authentically you. That's how you find love in this world—by being true to yourself and loving yourself first.'”
