I have always been psychic. The walls of any room I walk into talk to me.

I'm not afraid to die. I'm looking forward to it. I know the Lord has His arms wrapped around this big sparrow.

There had been lots of crises in my life. And there was plenty of spunk and battle cry still left in me.

There was one emotional outlet my people always had when they had the blues. That was singing.

I was born out of wedlock. Nobody brought me up.

Basically there is no difference between whites and blacks, browns and yellows. I decided to think no more of people as Northerners and Southerners.

I never posed as a saint. I would have slept with a man for nothing if I liked him well enough.