My name sounds French but that's just a stage name.

You've got to learn to leave the table When love's no longer being served".

I tell you what freedom is to me: no fear.

What kept me sane was knowing that things would change, and it was a question of keeping myself together until they did.

You can't help it. An artist's duty, as far as I'm concerned, is to reflect the times.

Life is short. People are not easy to know. They're not easy to know, so if you don't tell them how you feel, you're not going to get anywhere, I feel.

You have to learn to get up from the table when love is not being served.

Talent is a burden not a joy. I am not of this planet. I do not come from you. I am not like you.

How do you explain what it feels like to get on the stage and make poetry that you know sinks into the hearts and souls of people who are unable to express it

There's no excuse for the young people not knowing who the heroes and heroines are or were.

Slavery has never been abolished from America's way of thinking.

In every life, there is always a journey that is unforgettable and a path that can never be traced.

Never let anyone or anything distract you from noticing how amazing you are.

What the dead had no speech for, when living, They can tell you, being dead: the communicationOf the dead is tongued with fire beyond the language of the living.

I’ll be like Esther. Your daughter.”“You ain’t that strong.

I hate hateful people.

Of two evils, choose neither.

In dating, if you say no, your lover goes on to the next person. In marriage, if you say no, the person stays.

The sixth grade made my life successful by preparing me for the seventh and the seventh by preparing me for the eighth and so on. May it do the same for you.

Just like men, perfume is never perfect right away; you have to let it seduce you.

I love playing big rooms. There's nothing like it. It's a power trip.