Sometimes you need to start again, in order to fly

I feel like the majority of the fear that I had or that we have we hold from other people. They're like people that we trust; they're their fears. All of a sudden we think that they're our fears.

I believe AIDS is the most important issue we face, because how we treat the poor is a reflection of who we are as a people.

Gangsta rap was a ploy to convince black people to kill each other. Gangsta rap didnt exist.

It's the unknown that makes me feel the most vulnerable.

I just wanted to be who I was, which was like so many other girls I knew. We grew up in the city, had a hard edge and obstacles to overcome, but we were still young and beautiful. I didn't want to be all dressed up, all made up - I wanted to be myself, which hadn't been done before.

I was so deeply involved in music, I had already outgrown all the pressure of high school cliques and gossip.