I believe in getting a good education to be able to go out into the world and make a difference.

I can be dramatic. I can be funny. I can be sexy. I can be sad. I can be glad.

A solid sense of self will help a person to lead a full and happy life.

I live a very joyful life, with a lot of laughter and good times.

I like movies that resonate, that give voice to the voiceless.

I'm definitely in a place where I'm looking for different than what I've done in the past, just so I can go to work and do something I haven't done before.

I am actually very in touch with all of my emotions, from joy to pain, and I am free with them.

I love seeing my mom and my daughter embrace their natural hair. I'm glad I've embraced it, too.

Hollywood is so governed by the ego, and I never wanted to fall into that trap.

Thankfully, I was given a strong base by my parents, an understanding of who I was and my strength.

Making 'Beloved' was an awesome experience.

It's not easy in this phosphorescent gloom telling waking dreams apart anyhow.

The harvest is for the appointed time

I always try to give my own albums space in between so I have time to create a new sound and give time for people to miss me. You have to come out fresh and reinvent yourself.

It would be good if we bore one another's burdens.

Giving into anger destroys the soul.

I think anybody who has been in Washington for almost 40 years has been there too long.

When I write my book, Ill tell the real story of Cheryl

The rose that once has bloomed forever dies.

Always carry with you into the pulpit a sense of the immense consequences which may depend on your full and faithful presentation of the truth.

I've also never had favorite pictures. Or subjects. I have this discipline of treating everything equally-I used to say "democratically."