Instead of getting hard ourselves and trying to compete, women should try and give their best qualities to men - bring them softness, teach them how to cry.

Nonviolence is a flop. The only bigger flop is violence.

I'm not a rock and roller, a hitmaker. I'm highly dependent on what's coming out of these vocal cords.

I went to jail for 11 days for disturbing the peace; I was trying to disturb the war.

Social change really cannot happen unless people are willing to take a risk, and they were. And I was so moved by that, and of course by the way that he spoke, that made a huge dent in my belief system and my spirit.

All of us are survivors, but how many of us transcend survival?

I'm a badass. I really am. When you see me hanging with Snoop Doggy Dogg, I am perfectly at home and comfortable.