If anything, I have witnessed the ways my art travels, or is rendered more accessible, when sanctioned by or connected to white artists.

When I do book readings, I always incorporate music or singing.

My art career often feels less like an art career and more like a career in educating, usually by using my body.

I couldn't write about love without writing about hate - specifically, how the experience of hatred embeds itself in the body and prevents love from entering or leaving.

When I was writing, I wanted every word to be not only deliberate, but musical. Precious.

Making music has been connected to one of my greatest heartaches, because my own music has never quite connected with audiences. But it was this heartache that pushed me to explore other artistic avenues, like writing and filmmaking, and I ultimately feel most at home in a multidisciplinary environment.

In poetry, I didn't have to provide resolution. I could ask hard questions without feeling responsible for the answers.