I like doing the readings and the autographing, but the interviewing gets a little tedious because you get asked the same questions every day and sometimes three or four times a day.

I'd crack up without my music. It's the best company you can have, really. It don't say 'no' or 'maybe,' or ask no questions.

money does not guarantee happiness or peace of mind, it can take your mind off things, distract you, but it can't replace the generic stuff a person needs!

I have a big mouth, and over the years, as the eldest of five, I have had a tendency to speak when no one really cared.

I take what people feel and think, especially when it's different from, very seriously, and I find it liberating.

Wherever there's a prison, for the most part, especially where there's Black people, it's overcrowded. I don't know who really gets out.

Write from your heart, and God will take care of the rest.