One of the things I love about Africa is the amount of dignity and respect and humility you see all the time. You don't realise how often you're disrespected until you are surrounded by respect.

I just want to continue to grow, as an actor, and dig. Hopefully, one day, I'll lose myself in a role. My only worry about that is that I just want to be able to come back home. I don't want to get lost forever. That scares me.

When Jett puts my face in his hands and tells me, 'Mommy you're so pretty' or smells me, it's so wonderful.

That's what I enjoy most about my music, that it heals in its own time and makes us look at ourselves in its own time.

I love foods that start in my cheeks and then vibrate up.

Ain't nothing coming easily in this life. Sometimes you gotta work, you gotta grow and it gotta hurt.

I have a few caftans just for lounging purposes. When I want to feel free, it's the closest thing to feeling naked without being naked.