To give someone a piece of your heart, is worth more than all the wealth in the world.

The record companies really do conspire against the artists. Especially the black artists

Dancers come and go in the twinkling of an eye, but the dance lives on.

They did it to try and belittle me, to try and to take away my pride. But I went through the whole system with them. And at the end, I - I wanted the public to know that I was okay, even though I was hurting.

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.

I know that the creator will go, but his work survives. That is why to escape death, I attempt to bind my soul to my work.

Real charity is giving from the heart without taking credit.