It's a long old road but I know I'm gonna find the end.

It's a long old road, but I know I'm gonna find the end.

I don't want no drummer. I set the tempo.

No time to marry, no time to settle down; I'm a young woman, and I ain't done runnin' around.

The Greatest Blues Singer in the World Will Never Stop Singing.

I ain't good-lookin', but I'm somebody's angel child.

Listen to my story and everything will come out true

There's nineteen men livin' in my neighborhood, Eighteen of them are fools and the one ain't no doggone good.

I need a little sugar in my bowl and a little hot dog in my roll.

When my bed is empty, Makes me feel awful mean and blue. My springs are getting rusty, Living single like I do.

Education gives you the power and confidence to adjust to changes.

Your fashion should reflect your true passion for life.

If love and beauty were easy to find, they would not exist.Chaos and sadness exist in order for you to find the love and beauty in them. So that love and beauty mean something.It's meant to be hard.

Truth, however bitter, can be accepted, and woven into a design for living.

The first writers are first and the rest, in the long run, nowhere but in anthologies.

We hand folks over to God's mercy, and show none ourselves.

I came from a very strict background, and didn't hear any Jamaican music when I was growing up.

A pinwheel also needs wind. And with our actions, and our intentions, we can be that wind. We have to be those agents of change for the young people and their families in our communities.

Every action needs to be prompted by a motive.

One piece of advice that I would give to any young athlete or performer is remember to thank your mom.