Everyone has at least one story, and each of us is funny if we admit it. You have to admit you're the funniest person you've ever heard of.

Rainbows are people whose lives are bright, shining examples for others.

I think music is one of the hero/sheroes of the African-American existence.

A woman needs someone she can trust, someone who laughs when she laughs, but who has different ideas so she can learn from and teach to them. She needs someone who will stand up with her and encourage her to be a woman-not just a female. See where you are, admit what you know, and what you need, and search for a sister friend.

The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.

I try to live what I consider a "poetic existence." That means I take responsibility for the air I breathe and the space I take up. I try to be immediate, to be totally present for all my work.

Love liberates. It doesn't just hold - that's ego. Love liberates. It doesn't bind.