I'm not a politician; I am a singer. Long ago, they said, 'That one, she sings politics.' I don't sing politics; I merely sing the truth.

Be careful, think about the effect of what you say. Your words should be constructive, bring people together, not pull them apart.

I see other black women imitate my style, which is no style at all, but just letting our hair be itself. They call it the Afro Look.

In the mind, in the heart, I was always home. I always imagined, really, going back home.

I look at a stream and I see myself: a native South African, flowing irresistibly over hard obstacles until they become smooth and, one day, disappear - flowing from an origin that has been forgotten toward an end that will never be.

There are three things I was born with in this world, and there are three things I will have until the day I die-hope, determination, and song.

I have one thing in common with the emerging black nations of Africa: We both have voices, and we are discovering what we can do with them.