When you have faith in something, it’s your reason to be alive and to fight for it.

I used to want the words 'She tried' on my tombstone. Now I want 'She did it.'

I don't think Ed Sullivan had anything to do with Carib Song.

I always believed that if you set out to be successful, then you already were.

We weren't pushing Black is beautiful. We just showed it.

You dance because you have to. Dance is an essential part of life that has always been with me.

I wasn't concerned about the hardships because I always felt I was doing what I had to do, what I wanted to do and what I was destined to do.

In knowing how to overcome little things, a centimeter at a time, gradually when bigger things come, you're prepared.

A creative person has to #‎ create .

I really think that aside from admiring my talent you really admire me as a person and as a woman.

My work has been much more Caribbean and eclectic. I am interested in people, and where they come from happens to have fallen within an area of Africa.

Do not feed children on maudlin sentimentalism or dogmatic religion

Either all lights are turned off or one inner light is missing.

To effectively combat the devil, you need to pray.

You teach best what you most need to learn.

Choose an author as you choose a friend.

When the right moment appears, the key is to not let it pass.

I am a strong partisan of second causes, and I believe firmly that the entire gallinaceous order has been merely created to furnish our larders and our banquets.

Remember that when you love yourself, you are a greater gift to someone else.

What is the unmistakable mark of a wise man? It is Love, Love for all humanity.

You develop a lot of scars, being interracial.