When an angel comes down and takes me away, memories of me and my songs will always stay until the end of time

You never know what's going on in somebody's mind. There's a lot of pressure on someone growing up. You have to watch it.

I would rather have been shot straight-up in cold blood-but to be set up? By people who you trusted? That's bad.

And everyday I read the paper, there's another lie. They show my picture for the crimes of another guy.

I'm a sucker for love

What of fame? Everybody knows your name: never again are you alone.

Even as a dope fiend mama. You always was a black queen mama.