It's from our sufferings that we form our consciousness.

I felt devalued and disrespected. The energy behind it felt disingenuous and motivated by corporate profit.

I was literally the black sheep of the family, and there were definitely moments of discomfort while my grandmother was working through her racism.

We're getting ready to take over the world. My group of girlfriends - we're renegades.

An instructor once told me that when there's resistence in your body, it's only because of the resistence in your mind. It's about getting inside the pose. Being the breath.

Prisons are like the concentration camps of our time. So many go in and never come out, and primarily they're black and Latino.

I took solace in my relationship with God who, along with my dog, was my best friend growing up.

I work with youth offenders in LA, I've heard them speak and see how music manipulates them.

Its from the deep waters that we come. And we are heartfelt and treacherous like those waters. We come with an unflinching devotion to the mystical and to God - representing life and embracing death.

My life is art. Its how I express God.

I'm learning more and more that love plus attachment equals pain.

My father says you remember the smell of your country no matter where you are but only recognize it when you're far away.

A bore is a man who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company.

Prayer should be short without giving God Almighty reasons why He should grant this or that He knows best what is good for us.

The only risk of failure is promotion.

Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.

I believe politicians should always remain realistic.

A woman I should like to think I know rather well and a woman I had always considered a mystery, are in fact the same person.

Adolescence begins when children stop asking questions-because they know all the answers.

Our involvement in the civil rights movement is what sent us into our involvement against apartheid.

Avoid too much intense color. Make sure you mix colors and try them out. It's always good to do a swatch.