Discipline is the servant of inspiration.

Discipline is the servant of inspiration.

As I grow older part of my emotional survival plan must be to actively seek inspiration instead of passively waiting for it to find me.

Knowing who you are begins in the mind.

African Americans know about racism, but I don't think we really know the causes. I decided it's first of all a family problem.

The music was as much a gift as sunshine, as rain, as any blessing ever prayed for.

People of color, particularly African Americans, feel the stigma more keenly. In a race-conscious society, some don't want to be perceived as having yet another deficit.