I don't have a driving desire to be all encompassing and world powerful or anything.

And we used to do a lot of drugs and get very drunk on very cheap wine.

We were just a bunch of high school kids who got into the Ramones together.

And there was no money in Chicago for a band.

There's fifty bands doing my riffs for ever and ever.

Until these college students came into town, we were all very poor and didn't have money to do anything.

Miracles await you when you begin to serve people

I discipline my mind to see past distractions, to scrutinize deceptive tendencies and to pay careful attention to details whether I am conversing with others or I’m just a passive observer.

I worked, studied, mothered and continued to be an activist. I found that Cuba was much different from the US; its government was genuinely trying to erase racism.

There's a power in women being women. There's a role for men, but we don't have to be men, because we're women. I think that representing that on television is a cool thing.

All I know is that I carried you for nine months. I fed you, I clothed you, I paid for your college education. Friending me on Facebook seems like a small thing to ask in return.

My dancing is Hawaiian-inspired but I also get a little fresh when it comes to my faster songs.

One of the reasons that I think I do love to write is because I did have a difficult childhood and not so great teenage years. It always helped me escape from my problems.

Then your heart is a black, shriveled thing, because you absoluteky betray me.

Oh, I offended you with my opinion? You should hear the the ones I keep to myself.

A friend is one who joyfully sings with you when you are on the mountaintop, and silently walks beside you through the valley.