Even as a child, I found a way to survive.

I am a mother and I know the feeling of having a baby come out of my gut. I have a baby and then you send him off to war. No wonder the kids rebel and take pot.

We're not thought of in terms of color because we are entertainers. We are there to entertain you not because we are black, white, pink, or green or gay or straight or because we are Catholic or Protestant.

When the people who are responsible for our country ask you a direct question, I expect them to accept a direct answer, not to be blackballed because you are telling the truth.

It's best if you can do things with a sense of humor and finesse.

I'm a dirt person. I trust the dirt. I don't trust diamonds and gold.

Young ghetto boys thought that in this society, the good guys lost and the bad guys won.