After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels.

We're not going to have the America that we want until we elect leaders who are going to tell the truth - not most days, but every day.

I've been tested by fire, and the fire lost.

You can put lipstick and earrings on a hog and call it Monique, but it's still a pig.

I get a lot of cracks about my hair, mostly from men who don't have any.

I believe in recovery, and I believe that as a role model I have the responsibility to let young people know that you can make a mistake and come back from it.

We have forgotten to be our brothers and sisters keepers. And we have forgotten that the Number 1 goal is to love one another.

The here and now is all we have, and if we play it right it's all we'll need.

I have a real soft spot in my heart for librarians and people who care about books.

I did not want my tombstone to read, 'She kept a really clean house.'

Power is what calls the shots, and power is a white male game.

Develop your gift to ensure that your invention will be put into practice

One of the things that struck me when I came to the U.S. was discovering American poverty.

Your body's just a vehicle, transporting the soul. It's what's inside of people, is beauty to behold.

I've never invested myself properly in trying to write stories. When I write lyrics, mostly I write each sentence separately on an index card and then I lay them out and I just mix them up.

Life changes fast. Life changes in the instant. You sit down to dinner and life as you know it ends.

I have a great ability to improvise verbally and I am very funny on a dime.

I definitely see myself making classic R&B records with somewhat of a trendy vibe to it. I definitely wouldn't say trap.

When we are involved in [creativity], we feel that we are living more fully than during the rest of life.

All of a sudden their husband's dead and maybe a child is dead and they have absolutely nothing - and they're heading through the desert at night.

I want to show people that there's a side of myself other than just the outrageous comedian.