You measure yourself by the people who measure themselves by you.

My job, personally, is to do as much as I can to spread the warning that if we're not careful, it will end. The problem is, we don't think beyond our immediate needs.

I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up does rejoice.

How are we going to get rid of racism? Stop talking about it!

I'm easy going for the most part but sometimes in the morning if I didn't sleep well I can be kind of grumpy. But my grumpiness doesn't have that much to do with my dissatisfaction with my station in life.

Every job's a challenge. The challenge is to do it and make it look right, like you belong there - wherever that is.

Working on stage is really a great voice developer.