There is a down side to everything if you don't understand what the consequences of what you are saying in your music you could possibly end up getting yourself killed or hurting other people because of your carelessness.

A woman’s place is in the struggle.

My experience in the United States was living in a society that was very much at war with itself, that was very alienated. People felt not part of a community, but like isolated units that were afraid of interaction, of contact, that were lonely.

I stay connected in my head. I'm spiritually and psychologically connected to African-Americans. They are my people, and that will never change.

We're living in a very tricky world, and unless we become analytical and expose the tricknology, people will become sucked into that. It is very easy, it is very, very easy.

What most impressed me about Cuba was the optimism.

We are pregnant with freedom.