It's so hard for me to even acknowledge America without talking about race. If you look at our society, if you look at the prisons, if you look at the poverty and which side of the line the majority of people are, we have to acknowledge how we divide ourselves up, that there's racism alive in this country. And it's not in the law. It's in our minds. And that's what we have to actively battle.

One sweet world Around this star is spinning One sweet world And in her breath I'm swimming And here we will rest in peace

I don't believe in trickle-down economics. I don't think that people who have the most are inclined to share it, generally.

I find sometimes it's easy to be myself, sometimes I find it's better to be somebody else.

But then there are magical, beautiful things in the world, and there's incredible acts of kindness and bravery and in the most unlikely places, and it gives you hope.

Life it seems a struggle between what we think and what we see

Don't convince yourself you're over, don't convince yourself you're done, just because the things around you seem heavy, doesn't mean you can't get off this ground.