Jealousy is an unjust and stifling thing.

The narrator finds that as a maturing character grows in stature before her friends that she sees less stature while evaluating herself.

Pride would never be her ally.

You create the possibility of reaching your desired destinations if you have the courage to begin your journey.

Today Never Comes, Tomorrow Never Stops

A thought comes when it will, not when I will.

I have gone from being a 21-year-old with wide eyes to a 24-year-old woman. With success comes a lot of responsibility and power.

I'm still excited at being at a microphone and talking to listeners. I love that. It's the most basic element of what I do and I still enjoy it very much.

It’s time to stop being vague. If you wish to be an extraordinary person, if you wish to be wise, then you should explicitly identify the kind of person you aspire to become.

My only politics have been friendship.

We have a centrist nationalist group of people in this country, lots of them, and we have a socialist group of people in this country, lots of them. And that's not, to me, the American idea.

We can't win the struggle for high standards if we just talk a good game . . . we've got to play a good game.

The album ['A Seat at the Table'] really feels like storytelling for us all and our family and our lineage.