I'm a minimalist. I like things to look very clean, I like clean lines. I like everything to be tidy and have space.

The smallest drop of rain can project the most beautiful of visions, all we have to do is look a little deeper. -T.L. Manning

The world, our world, has existed since night of time, yet every day we must recreate it. If we did not walk upon the earth, it would not exist.

It is far better to borrow experience than to buy it.

Trust me. I haven't been wrong yet.

The Democratic Party, all the candidates from Washington, they all know each other, they all move in the same circles, and what I'm doing is breaking into the country club.

Just like styles change, music changes.

By growing up in Alabama, I had a melting pot of the whole pie: R&B, gospel, country.

I'll put a bullet through my own brain. Let alone wait for stark to do it. Your sister will drive me to it, Howard. No offense.

I was reading all these male writers who were doing wild and wonderful things. It gave me permission to experiment.

The problem with requiring people to be loud and angry to get things done is that you're now surrounded by people who are loud and angry.