But if you are going to wear blinders then you do not know the world.

Be careful, think about the effect of what you say. Your words should be constructive, bring people together, not pull them apart.

The conqueror writes history, they came, they conquered and they write. You don't expect the people who came to invade us to tell the truth about us.

Girls are the future mothers of our society, and it is important that we focus on their well-being.

I kept my culture. I kept the music of my roots. Through my music I became this voice and image of Africa and the people without even realising.

Age is getting to know all the ways the world turns, so that if you cannot turn the world the way you want, you can at least get out of the way so you won't get run over.

There are three things I was born with in this world, and there are three things I will have until the day I die-hope, determination, and song.

Africa has her mysteries, and even a wise man cannot understand them. But a wise man respects them

I see other black women imitate my style, which is no style at all, but just letting our hair be itself. They call it the Afro Look.

I do not sing politics. I merely sing the truth.

If given a choice, I would have certainly selected to be what I am: one of the oppressed instead of one of the oppressors.

You really love me?" she asked wistfully."The devil!" he exclaimed, looking over his shoulder. "Did I forget to say it? The thing I came to say?

A mind is a terrible thing

For years, I refused to go to any openings, not even my own.

My daughter sent me on a mission to get as many autographs as possible.

More men are guilty of treason through weakness than any studied design to betray.

Please subdue the anguish of your soul. Nobody is destined only to happiness or to pain. The wheel of life takes one up and down by turn.

We are not really spying, we're just satisfying our curiosity.

Woe unto him that is never alone, and cannot bear to be alone.

All I ever wanted to do was to do something good so that my parents could be proud of me.

One of the main purpose of art has ever been that of making its indispensable contribution to the growth of entropy of the universal stupidity.