In order to be able to live at all in America I must be unafraid to live anywhere in it, and I must be able to live in the fashion and with whom I choose.

allowing freedom to others brings freedom to ourselves.

I feel like to be where you need to be - where you know you need to be - is such a high. What could be better?

I'm sure we, the American people, are the butt of jokes by those in power.

The Animals of the planet are in desperate peril and they are fully aware of this. No less than human beings are doing in all parts of the world, they are seeking sanctuary.

I'm mad about the waste that happens when people who love each other can't even bring themselves to talk.

All my life I had to fight. I had to fight my daddy. I had to fight my uncles. I had to fight my brothers. Girl, child ain't safe in a family of men, but I ain't never thought I had to fight in my own house. I loves Harpo. God knows I do. But I'll kill him dead before I let him beat me.