One day, I just got up to read a poem and started singing. I looked around - the reaction was great. And I said, oh, boy. I like this.

African people worldwide are known to be welcoming and open-minded.

I just think it's silly to be stingy with compliments. If you see someone and they strike you as beautiful in any way, why not let them know?

We all get angry and jealous sometimes, none of us is perfect, but we should not try to be different.

I always wanted to be a renaissance woman, do as many things as I possibly can and hopefully do them well or don't do them at all.

I was reared in a Jehovah's Witness household. I was taught that every man should be judged by his deeds and not his color, and I firmly stand where my grandmother left me.

Just because you have a nightmare doesn't mean you stop dreaming.