When I started graduate school I was interested in the culture of the Civil Rights Movement.

Welcome to prekindergarten! You will not die if you discover that there are more lines out there than just your own. In fact, you'll discover that you will have an advantage if you know more of them!

If every moment is sacred and if you are amazed and in awe most of the time when you find yourself breathing and not crazy, then you are in a state of constant thankfulness, worship and humility.

If we dwell in a community that is comfortable, then it's probably not broad enough a coalition.

In fact when Sweet Honey was ten years old it was too big for me to run, and I knew it, but I ran it for another thirteen years because I couldn't convince other people to really do it. And this year, I'm not running it.

When I started graduate school I was interested in the culture of the Civil Rights Movement.

The Civil Rights Movement also reaffirmed me as a singer. It taught me that singing was not entertainment, it was something else.