I wanna live like Arnold, Willis and Mr. Drummond... And keep my paper sturdy, big birds and tight herbs.

I'm not upset when a person wants to move around, because I want everybody to be happy and I don't want nobody to feel like I'm holding them in a situation they shouldn't be in.

I'm up early 'cuz ain't enough light in the daytime

Atlanta is not the South.

Work hard, put maximum effort, and have a good attitude. Most importantly never give up.

When you have the grace speak, declare sacred-utterances.

There is no shame in having been the woman I was. She made me the woman I am.

Falling in love is a subtle process, a connection sparked by attraction, tested by compatibility, and forged by memory.

On the surface I look fragile and insecure; you have to know me very well.

As a kid, I knew I wanted to be either a cartoonist or an astronaut. The latter was never much of a possibility, as I don't even like riding in elevators.

I'd rather try and not win than not try at all

Music straightjackets a poem and prevents it from breathing on its own, whereas it liberates a lyric. Poetry doesn't need music; lyrics do.

Works of art are landscapes of the mind.