Expecting anything, living frugally in surprise.

I continue to care for President Obama and for his family. I think that in many ways they are very courageous people, and I honor that, because I know what it means to live as a black person in a racist America.

The only way to solace anyone who loved you in life is to be a good memory

I love the natural world - it comes from my culture, which grew out of a people enslaved.

Activism pays the rent on being alive and being here on the planet.

Love likes to extend itself. If you receive it in a book - or however you get it - then your duty is to extend it beyond.

The artist...is the voice of the people.