I don't really have guilty pleasures. Anything musically that I fully, fully believe, is good no matter who the artist is, no matter what the marketing is behind it, I stand pretty firm.

You get educated by traveling.

Any decision I make is based on myself, and the only person I have to give an explanation to is God.

I think many people, especially from other cultures, just don't understand the role hair plays in Black women's lives.

As an artist, everybody has the opportunity to celebrate and speak their truth.

I have to learn how to say no a lot. Life is too short for anything else.

I actually love my natural hair when it's in a twist out and it's been slept on for five days and revived by the steam of the shower.

We are getting an education of a lifetime. We're actually out there in the real world.

Style is the way we communicate who we are to people before we open our mouths.

The album ['A Seat at the Table'] really feels like storytelling for us all and our family and our lineage.

I've let go of being a super perfectionist on every single note and wanting the pitch to be absolutely perfect all of the time. I grew up watching the best of the best.

A man of courage must first conquer himself.

God is working on your behalf, for your happiness and inner peace. So move forward in faith, believing that He is with you and for you because He is.

Those who are unwilling to invest in the future haven't earned one.

Feel Superior but Act Inferior

Europeans call it socialism, Americans call it welfare, and Barack Obama calls it change.

The level of our educational development is high and serves as a strong basis for our future progress.

And I didn't. That's why my career was very short-lived.

The older I get, the better I used to be.

I think there are more good young actors now than ever. It's a medium that everyone wants to be connected with - it is such a hip medium going into the 21st century.