I don't drink or do any drugs. I never have and I never will. I don't need them. I'm a black woman from the land of the free, home of the brave, and I figure I don't need another illusion.

When you walk with purpose, you collide with destiny.

I learned long ago that when change comes, you gotta slow down and take note of it. In the midst of that change is all the possibility in the world.

Music does more than soothe the soul, it brings balance to the mind, body, and spirit.

You win some, you lose some, you wreck some.

I prefer love scenes to be shot up close with a lot of focus on eyes and mouths. Otherwise it can feel uncomfortable and voyeuristic.

There is something glamorous to me in taking a bit of a beating and keeping on going.

If someone gives you $1,000,000 you'd better become a millionaire so you can keep the money. Success doesn't want to hang around incompetent people.

Plan what you are going to wear ahead of time. If you're going to an important dinner, you should always plan what you're going to wear because you don't want to look silly.

My only strength is finding something where most people would find nothing.

I love the sound of breaking glass Especially when Im lonely I need the noises of destruction When theres nothing new.

To me it's a question of being able to look backward and give the present a root... To give meaning to where we are today, we need to look at where we have come from.

My basic rule is that I want people who don't want a job in government.

It is very strange, and very melancholy, that the paucity of human pleasures should persuade us ever to call hunting one of them.