"In Africa," S. B. once remarked, "if you do well, people close to you will hate you."

I go around the world dealing with running and hiding... I can't take a walk in the park . I can't go to the store... I have to hide in the room. You feel like you're in prison.

I have always felt compassion for the planet. Sometime I just start to get emotional. I cry because I can almost feel the pain in the air. I put it in words and in song and in dance I think that is what artistry is.

What one wishes is to be touched by truth and to be able to interpret that truth so that one may use what one is feeling and experiencing, be it despair or joy, in a way that will add meaning to one's life and will hopefully touch others as well.

The world should be full of love. Love. Love is the most important thing in the world.

I'm never pleased with anything, I'm a perfectionist, it's part of who I am.

Some friends, you only see them when the sun shines.. My fans sustained me even in dark days. I owe them everything.