If culture was a railroad, I can see the tracks running from the Spirituals to the Hip Hop Nation.

I had a really nice childhood; I had great parents. I earned my allowance by washing dishes, and in the summer I earned my allowance by working in daddy's garden.

You must be unintimidated by your own thoughts.

If you are sitting there waiting for someone to tell you how wonderful you are, you'll never get anything done. Women need to get over being women. I'm tired of that socialization of women; that we are always supposed to be sitting around pleasing somebody.

Ever been kidnapped by a poet if i were a poet i'd kidnap you put you in my phrases and meter.

If I can't do what I want to do, then my job is to not do what I want to do. It's not the same thing, but it's the best thing I can do.

God knows it's a sign of a really sick mind to see grown people, adults with responsibilities, wearing class rings.