I really think that aside from admiring my talent you really admire me as a person and as a woman.

I used to want the words 'She tried' on my tombstone. Now I want 'She did it.'

I don't think Ed Sullivan had anything to do with Carib Song.

I always believed that if you set out to be successful, then you already were.

When you have faith in something, it’s your reason to be alive and to fight for it.

We weren't pushing Black is beautiful. We just showed it.

You dance because you have to. Dance is an essential part of life that has always been with me.

I wasn't concerned about the hardships because I always felt I was doing what I had to do, what I wanted to do and what I was destined to do.

In knowing how to overcome little things, a centimeter at a time, gradually when bigger things come, you're prepared.

A creative person has to #‎ create .

My work has been much more Caribbean and eclectic. I am interested in people, and where they come from happens to have fallen within an area of Africa.

It is to be recognized that the negative emotions and the guilt that comes with it is not a part of the Consciousness, it only belongs to the mind!

Now I know the full power of evil. It makes ugliness seem beautiful and goodness seem ugly and weak.

When a thought hurts, that’s the signal that it isn’t true.

God blesses us so that we might bless others!

No community dictates to any individual how to live their lives. You can criticize and you can push but people freely choose.

Make sure you have finished speaking before your audience has finished listening.

The media works in sound bites. They can make you look like a genius or stupid.

This was weird. The thing that could have driven two friends instantly apart was actually drawing them closer together.

Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you just pull the scar off of it over and over again.

One tries to tell a truth, and one hopes that the truth has a general application rather than just a specific one.