The fundamental imbalance that is behind all of the other social diseases is patriarchy.

There's this brutal imperial power, that my passport says I represent. But it will never represent where my heart lives, only vaguely where it went.

When I was like sixteen, I was a total chick I had big hair. I was seen as this attractive girl, and I would get all this attention. And then I just cut off my hair, and I quit playing that game.

Virtue is relative at best, there's nothing worse than a sunset when your driving due West.

They taught me different was wrong.

When all you can think of is your own personal problems, you have nothing to give to your society. If you're trying to figure out where your next meal is coming from, you can't go march on Washington.

I fight with love and i laugh with rage....you gotta live light enough to see the humor, and long enough to see some change.