I cannot afford to watch Fox News.

Oftentimes, the way it seems to be is that our artists in particular point themselves out as spokesmen for a certain constituency in a community, and thereby place themselves in that vulnerable position.

I was a better writer when I was teaching. I was constantly going over the basics and constantly reminding myself, as I reminded my students, what made a good story, a good poem.

My songs were always about the tone of voice rather than the words.

I am honestly not sure how capable I am of love. And I'm not sure why.

A lot of folks are so busy trying to get their groceries together that they don't have time to do research. I have time. Maybe that's the main difference.

I don't think people in power have the potential to do anything like that to me. I feel as though as long as our music is available, folks are going to hear it.