In a world of smoke and ashes, you are milk and honey

What tried to demolish me, I allowed to polish me.

Your work is to find healing. And I find, for me, it's a little bit at a time, and eventually it's barely there. And the journey is finding what works for you and doing it.

I'm African American, I'm a lot of other things, a musician and an artist. But that woman part holds the most pain for me. And therefore, obviously, the most lessons.

It's not fair that people ignore AIDS in Africa because it's Africa. It's not fair.

Break the Shell”: “Child, it’s time to break the shell Life’s gonna hurt but it’s meant to be felt You cannot touch the sky from inside yourself You cannot fly until you break the shell.

No matter what anybody says, what matters most is what you think of yourself.