I had to survive a lot. I didn't premeditate my life. Life just happened as it did. And I had to figure it out as I went along.

It’s easier to hold onto your own stereotypes and misconceptions, it makes you feel justified in your own ignorance. That’s America. So the challenge for us is, are we ready for change?

Before we can work on the problems, we have to fix our souls. Our souls are broken in this nation.

Changing the big picture takes time.. and the best things to do is focus on the things that we can make in our lives if we're doing all that. That becomes the collage of real change

I can't think of any time we had a discussion [with Dre] about the aftermath of what happened the night before. We just had too much going on.

Well, right now, my music is - it's just happy. I'm not in a relationship, but I know who I am now. I have wisdom. I have the power of knowing who I am. That's huge.

My daughters are the heart of my heart and the center of my world

For the First Time in My Adult Lifetime, I'm Really Proud of My Country

There are no mistakes in life, and it's not about anybody being able to judge you.

When my mother and my grandmother died three months apart, I knew my world was over.

I tried to be strong in the face of obstacles.

Do you follow the wrestling? Most people think it's illegal, but you can watch it there. Ruby and Python are on display this evening.

India is not, as people keep calling it, an underdeveloped country, but rather, in the context of its history and cultural heritage, a highly developed one in an advanced state of decay.

To me Art (poetry) is a continuous and continuing process and that when a man fails to write good poetry he fails to live fully or well.

If you're going to decipher a hidden code from a complex set of different mazes, I'm pretty sure you need a girl's brain running the show.

Death has to be waiting at the end of the ride before you truly see the earth, and feel your heart, and love the world.

What sort of faults may we retain, nay, even cherish in ourselves? Those faults which are rather pleasant than offensive to others.

How could I stand by and watch my house on fire?

Children not only have to learn what their parents learned in school, but also have to learn how to learn. This has to be recognized as a new problem which is only partly solved.

The satirist isn't just looking at things ironically but militantly - he wants to change them, and intends to have an effect on the world.

My queerness is not a vice, is not deliberate, and harms no one.