People are too busy putting things under microscopes and so forth. Creativity is greater than the sum of its parts.

Indeed we have souls. And if a person is religious, I think it's good, it helps you a bit. But if you're not, at least you can have the sense that there is a condition inside you which looks at the stars with amazement and awe. That listens to water with a river flowing, or water falling in rain and is lifted up by that and listens to a wonderful singer, wonderful musicians, listens to maybe Duke Ellington or Frank Sinatra or listens to Odetta and Mary J. Blige. Yes, and thinks whoo! And thinks, yes, hmm, all right now. My soul has been washed. I feel better, I feel stronger.

Creativity or talent, like electricity, is something I don't understand but something I'm able to harness and use.

First best is falling in love. Second best is being in love. Least best is falling out of love. But any of it is better than never having been in love.

I would like to be known as an intelligent woman, a courageous woman, a loving woman, a woman who teaches by being.

I not only have the right to stand up for myself, but I have the responsibility. I can't ask somebody else to stand up for me if I won't stand up for myself. And once you stand up for yourself, you'd be surprised that people say, "Can I be of help?".

Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.