I do consider myself part of black history.

I know who I am. I am not perfect. I'm not the most beautiful woman in the world. But I'm one of them.

I listen to gospel music.

I don't know. Only God knows where the story ends for me, but I know where the story begins. It's up to us to choose, whether we win or lose and I choose to win.

I have to have lemon and honey. I have to have apple cider vinegar, Braggs. And I have to have either Red Vines or Twizzlers. These things, you know, are the things that help my vocal performance.

There's so many things that life is, and no matter how many breakthroughs, trials will exist and we're going to get through it. Just be strong.

If you're looking for inner peace from the outside world, you're not going to get that. The inner peace starts with looking at you from the inside.

Negative words are powerful boomerangs so be careful what you say about people and yourself.

When you come from so many damaged places you don't ever want to spiral back there, so you gotta continue to check yourself.

Believe in yourself when nobody else does.

When life is real, it's not going to be smooth.

Code is followed by commentary, and commentary by revision, and thus the task is never done.

Men of vision. Oh, I love the fine names men give each other to hide their greed and lust for adventure.

But we are the people of England; and we have not spoken yet. Smile at us, pay us, pass us. But do not quite forget.

I say, break the law.

You are the true master of death, because the true master does not seek to run away from Death.

Towns change; they grow or diminish, but hometowns remain as we left them.

We are known in a depth of darkness through which we ourselves do not even dare to look. And at the same time, we are seen in a height of a fullness which surpasses our highest vision.

I'm a terrible trumpet player...

Well, what I mean is that I shouldn't mind being a bride at a wedding, if I could be one without having a husband.

I'm a really good swimmer.