Sometimes our thoughts and feelings are our most prized possessions... and then there are times to let go of your possessions and wander.

Hip-hop is still cool at a party. But to me, hip-hop has never been strictly a party; it is also there to elevate consciousness.

I think that the heart is a lot like those wonderful fruit, like coconut and mangoes, you know, you have to break the skin, you have to break it open to get to the good part.

she stuck a bookmark in my heart and walked away

If we're gonna progress as a people we are going to realise that, as one of my favourite poets says, the other is a lie. There are no other people. Race is a social construct.

I surrendered my beliefs and found myself at the tree of life injecting my story into the veins of leaves only to find that stories like forests are subject to seasons

There is nothing more negligent than attempting to address a problem one finds on a branch than by censoring the leaves.

I think that good writing is based on good reading. Maybe it's not about writing today, maybe it's about reading today. Maybe it's about finding the sort of book you would never read.

I dance for no reason, for reasons you can't dance, Call me an activist of intellectualized circumstance You can't learn my steps until you unlearn your thoughts Spirit, soul, can't be store-bought.

My love is my soul's imagination. How do I love you? Imagine.

Legislation won't necessarily start a riot. But the right song can make someone pick up a chair.

If you can’t trust yourself, love yourself and believe in your dreams, it makes it hard for anyone else to trust, love or believe in you.

Sometimes the MOM who's always there for everyone else, needs someone to be there for HER.

A moment in time is never dead.

Recently started flat ironing my ball hair. Come on ladies, you know how it is; if you have curly hair you just want straight hair.

The most important thing is for you to believe in what you are doing.

I'm quite an insecure person and need reassuring all the time.

Child of the pure, unclouded brow and dreaming eyes of wonder.

I've got to see my movie to see how I'm acting, see what little things I can learn about my craft.

Always remember that striving and struggle precede success even in the dictionary.

I'm very rarely interested in genres. As long as I feel I can put my DNA out there in the ideology, it works for me.