Our mothers and grandmothers ... moving to music not yet written.

I really think admiration for nature can save us. I mean true admiration, to the point of not letting it be harmed.

Artists are messengers whose responsibility is to unite the world -- a faith that will lead not to destruction but to transformation.

I just like to have words that describe things correctly. Now to me, 'black feminist' does not do that. I need a word that is organic, that really comes out of the culture, that really expresses the spirit that we see in black women. And it's just... womanish.

we are the ones we have been waiting for

So the best thing is to really work on yourself and opening your own heart and just letting all that stuff [worrying] go. And it is possible. It's sometimes takes a lot of time; it's not easy. And a lot of sitting with yourself and trying to work with your own heart.

I think the foundation of everything in my life is wonder.