I would say for every successful black woman in America or in the world, really, it's difficult to be the head of the household, financially. It is for the man in your life. It can be very hard for them. And there's a delicate balance. I'm not quite sure I know what that balance is just yet.

I think the first time I really heard poetry was in the schoolyard. Just the little limericks that kids say when they're jumping rope and playing games. I think that's the first time I heard rhyming words - I don't know if I'd call that the definitive poetry, but that's when I heard rhyming words said and not necessarily sung.

Mos Def is one of the most creative, intelligent human beings I've had the opportunity to work with. He is fun. The entire time, he would go in and out of different characters, just for the fun of it. Awesome energy.

It excites me when a person puts their whole self in a song or rhyme, or instrument. It fills me.

Seriously, in America there are more big, curvy girls than there are little girls, and men love us, too.

All man-made religions are limited. I go my own way.

When you get a jean for a larger girl, you have to have them tailored for you. Tailoring is indeed everything.