Man, if I was back home, I'd be swinging with two chicks on my arms.

It's been a long time coming. But I know a change is gonna come

It’s been too hard living, but I’m afraid to die. ‘Cause I don’t know what’s up there, beyond the sky.

There been times when I thought I couldn't last for long But now I think I'm able to carry on It's been a long, been a long time coming But I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will

I was born by the river, in a little tent, and just like the river I've been running ever since.

Another Saturday night and I ain't got nobody.

Shakin' like a bowl of soup and make your body loop-de-loop.

Don't know much about history, don't know much biology, don't know much about a science book, don't know much about the French I took.

You know, I'll always be your slave 'til I'm buried, buried in my grave.

If I could just touch the hem of His garment I know I'll be made whole

I'm gonna sing, and I'm going to make me a lot of money.

You can quarrel with a person's ideas, but not with their experience.

The night sky alternated between black and bursts of colour. My stomach wanted food. My limbs wanted rest. My brain wanted sleep. My mind wanted oblivion.

We learn best to listen to our own voices if we are listening at the same time to other women-whose stories for all our differences turn out if we listen well to be our stories also.

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.

What a mystery this is, desire. The love sickness, the sensitivity, the obsession, the flutter of the heart, the ebb and flow of the blood. There is no drug and no alcohol to equal it.

Of course I shall go astray often...for who does not make mistakes? But I cannot go far wrong for I have seen the truth.

Dear Sir: Regarding your article 'What's Wrong with the World?' I am. Yours truly.

Happiness is just how you feel when you don't feel miserable.

As an actor I kind of do. I started out doing voice overs in the mid 80s when I was in grad school.

I hadn't been exposed to music except in church. They used to have me singing a solo when I was five years old.