I am the history of the rejection of who I am

Bisexuality means I am free and I am as likely to want to love a woman as I am likely to want to love a man, and what about that? Isn't that what freedom implies?

To tell the truth is to become beautiful, to begin to love yourself, value yourself. And that's political, in its most profound way.

Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth.

Like a lot of Black women, I have always had to invent the power my freedom requires.

We do not deride the fears of prospering white America. A nation of violence and private property has every reason to dread the violated and the deprived.

Maybe the purpose of being here, wherever we are, is to increase the durability and occasions of love among and between peoples.

Overall, white men run America. From nuclear armaments to the filth and jeopardy of New York City subways to the cruel mismanagement of health care, is there anything to boast about?

Body and soul, Black America reveals the extreme questions of contemporary life, questions of freedom and identity: How can I be who I am?

To tell the truth is to become beautiful.

If you are free, you are not predictable and you are not controllable.

The first step towards obtaining wisdom is to acknowledge the sovereignty and authority of God and to be subject wholly to His will.

Like swimming squirrels, you navigate with the help of Heaven and a stiff breeze, but you never land where you hope to—do you?

I wasn't really a work-conscious type of person. I was a player. I loved to play sports.

Kindness, it turns out, is hard - it starts out all rainbows and puppy dogs, and expands to include . . . well, EVERYTHING.

A script is only as good as the director who's making it.

I was deaf and dumb and blind to all but me, myself and I.

You have to continually and actively watch for the best parts of someone else that will let you experience love.

I gave you a wrist watch, baby, and you wouldn't even give me the time of day.

You can choose, don't confuse, win or lose, it's up to you.

I do music for the fans. I want to lift fans up.