I've never listened to jazz. It's just not something I ever paid attention to.

I really feel a sense of responsibility first as a creation of a force that I call God, that's bigger than myself. And because I'm black, I feel the responsibility to that. I feel the responsibility to my womanness. But more importantly, I feel a responsibility to my humanness.

You cannot wait for someone to save you, to help you, to complete you. No one can complete you. You complete yourself.

What I know for sure is that pleasure is energy reciprocated. What you put out comes back. Your base level of pleasure is determined by how you view your whole life.

The pathway to your best life isn't the route of denial. It's owning every moment.

All these years I've been feeling like I was growing into myself. Finally, I feel grown.

The way to choose happiness is to follow what is right and real and the truth for you.