I tell stories to music and, thank God, in tune.

You cannot belong to anyone else, until you belong to yourself.

A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and love for his blessings here on earth is ever so alive.

How can you give a man a room in a house and not let him come through the front door?

I don't like to say that my kitchen is a religious place, but I would say that if I were a voodoo priestess, I would conduct my rituals there.

We look into mirrors but we only see the effects of our times on us - not our effects on others.

You can taste a word.