Novel writing is World Building & Word Weaving (Neil Postman's terms).

Tomorrow, the busiest day of the week. I'm a big believer in putting things off, In fact, I even put off procrastinating.

It was not cool to be that fun, bubbly kid, so I would just go off on my own and sing and make up songs, and that's how I think I developed into the kind of artist and writer that I am.

I think that's my gift in this world is to put experience into music.

As a young girl, I remember singing CeCe Penniston's 'Don't Walk Away.' It was like my jam.

It’s nine o’clock on Sunday night/Do you know where your man is?

One of my biggest musical influences is definitely Ella Fitzgerald as a vocalist.

Everything in my house was either free or under 40 bucks, and people come to my house and can't believe that I picked up everything on the street or in a thrift shop.

I'm an around-the-way girl. I'm a singer, songwriter. I'm about positivity and spreading a good message and telling the people's story.

One of my dream collaborations is to work with Sade. I would love to work with Andre 3000, Miguel.

As soon as I could speak, I was singing. Before I could even speak full words, I would make up ones to sing and I have it on tape, too.

He believed that lack of education was the root of all of Pakistan’s problems. Ignorance allowed politicians to fool people and bad administrators to be re-elected.

There is only one way in which one can endure man's inhumanity to man and that is to try, in one's own life, to exemplify man's humanity to man.

When we embrace every aspect of ourselves with unconditional love – we heal.

The best way a mentor can prepare another leader is to expose him or her to other great people.

Success breeds the excitement to continue going.

Healthy scepticism is the basis of all accurate observation.

For the villainy of the world is great, and a man has to run his legs off to keep them from being stolen out fom underneath him.

I married a wonderful doctor, and I was very happy - period.

I shaved this morning for precisely that reason. I was like, 'Well, you never know when someone is going to clamp down on your calf and try to suck out the snake poison.

Football's all about yesterday, it's all about now