Everyone has their story. Everyone has issues. You have to face your fears.

I felt devalued and disrespected. The energy behind it felt disingenuous and motivated by corporate profit.

I was literally the black sheep of the family, and there were definitely moments of discomfort while my grandmother was working through her racism.

We're getting ready to take over the world. My group of girlfriends - we're renegades.

An instructor once told me that when there's resistence in your body, it's only because of the resistence in your mind. It's about getting inside the pose. Being the breath.

Prisons are like the concentration camps of our time. So many go in and never come out, and primarily they're black and Latino.

I took solace in my relationship with God who, along with my dog, was my best friend growing up.

It's from our sufferings that we form our consciousness.

I work with youth offenders in LA, I've heard them speak and see how music manipulates them.

Its from the deep waters that we come. And we are heartfelt and treacherous like those waters. We come with an unflinching devotion to the mystical and to God - representing life and embracing death.

My life is art. Its how I express God.

No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care

I wonder that if you keep growing and changing like you're supposed to, if you always end up embarrassed about how stupid you used to be. Every year I realize how dumb I was the year before.

Be selfless like a burning candle

Since the mathematicians have invaded the theory of relativity I do not understand it myself any more.

A woman's strength is most potent when robed in gentleness.

The picture you have of yourself, your self-esteem, will have a profound effect on the way you see the world and the way your world sees you.

Of woman as a real human being, with sexual needs and sexual responsibilities, morality has often known nothing.

Let my soul live as if separated from my body.

As long as you're dancing, you can break the rules.

I was taught to think the next week or month or year will only get better than it is today. So I just keep waiting to see how great it will get!