I wasn't concerned about the hardships because I always felt I was doing what I had to do, what I wanted to do and what I was destined to do.

I used to want the words 'She tried' on my tombstone. Now I want 'She did it.'

I don't think Ed Sullivan had anything to do with Carib Song.

I always believed that if you set out to be successful, then you already were.

When you have faith in something, it’s your reason to be alive and to fight for it.

We weren't pushing Black is beautiful. We just showed it.

You dance because you have to. Dance is an essential part of life that has always been with me.

In knowing how to overcome little things, a centimeter at a time, gradually when bigger things come, you're prepared.

A creative person has to #‎ create .

I really think that aside from admiring my talent you really admire me as a person and as a woman.

My work has been much more Caribbean and eclectic. I am interested in people, and where they come from happens to have fallen within an area of Africa.

Silly girl, it's not what the universe gives us that matters. It's what we give the universe.

I am sure it is a great mistake always to know enough to go in when it rains. One may keep snug and dry by such knowledge, but one misses a world of loveliness.

Marriage is lonelier than solitude.

There is something so indescribably sweet and satisfying in the knowledge that a husband or wife has forgiven the other freely, and from the heart.

Writing is a political instrument.

I admire and respect Bill Clinton. I think he was a great president.

It is neither fair nor unfair, Nobody Owens. It simply is

Great opportunities are often disguised as small acts of service.

I couldn't put my finger on one reason why we broke up. It was time, and we were spreading out. They were spreading out more than I was. I would've stayed with the band.

[Raising Hope] is a weird show about weird little humans who love each other.