Prison is the only form of public housing that the government has truly invested in over the past 5 decades

When they say accountability, they mean surveillance and standardization.

We live in a world where black humanity is a relatively new idea.

The hoodies themselves aren't criminal. White people wear hoodies all the time!

For me, self-care is a lesson I'm still learning. But it begins with space away from the heaviness of life. I now take time to play, laugh, and, every once in awhile, sleep.

We must talk about how sexism and patriarchy operate in conjunction with state violence. Until we're honest about that, and do something to resist, we're complicit in the persistence of oppression.

There's a long history of saying certain people shouldn't be voting. And, unfortunately, the people who are often left out of these conversations are people who are black and brown.

Throughout history there have been black people who have played mammies, all sorts of offensive images, who didn't mind doing it.

The past is a pebble in my shoe.

When I started working on electronic music, that was after the rave period. I haven't even seen that part of it that much.

As an independent, my views, in fact, are a little bit different than many of my Democratic colleagues.

That film Memento creeped me out. I was looking over my back through the whole thing. I get more creeped out than scared, and spill popcorn all over the place.

The makeup person said oh my God what happened to you? I looked like I was in a car accident.

I have no intention of retiring. Even my blood sugar is better when I'm working.

You know, things kind of happen organically and, you know, Broadway sort of happened out of a career in performing and - which happened out of practicing piano when I was a kid.

If I didn't believe that we had a chance of coming to power, then I would have focused on taking care of my three children or gardening.

What if I lose you?" "You can't lose your mother, Charley.

I look for lessons in every experience. It adds to my leadership abilities.