I have an organization called BLIND [Beautiful Love Incorporated Nonprofit Development], so named because even though my interest is in the black community, because that's where I grew up and that's where I'm most skilled in fixing things, it doesn't end there.

I don't want to think too much about how I'm carving and what I'm carving - you are just carving away the excess clay and there's a piece underneath there. And it's kind of like getting out of the way. Maybe that's what the commonality is: It's getting out of the way so that the art can speak.

I thought it was cool how [ Riccardo Tisci] wanted to blend Africa and Asia because they relate to each other in so many different ways.

I grew up with all mothers, all women. I come from a long line of matriarchs, very strong women.

My eyes are green, Cause I eat a lot of vegetables, It don't have nothing to do with your new friend

I just keep going. When the water's too still, I start splashing around and things jump out of the water.

I can be Erykah the human being more than the celebrity.