A person has the right, and I think the responsibility, to develop all of their talents.

A person has the right, and I think the responsibility, to develop all of their talents.

The very best thing that could happen to a voice, if it shows any promise at all, is when it is very young to leave it alone and to let it develop quite naturally, and to let the person go on as long as possible with the sheer joy of singing.

There's no anger ever in a spiritual. There's always the dream of a hope of a better day coming. That God understands the troubles that I'm experiencing.

I walk an 11-minute mile without huffing and puffing.

Problems arise in that one has to find a balance between what people need from you and what you need for yourself.

There has never been a time when I was not committed to, involved in, or caring of, the social and political issues of my world.