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

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.

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.

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

... but to remain historically accurate, I would have had to leave out an important question that I felt needed to be addressed, which is, 'What if Jesus had known kung fu?

There was a lot of apologizing going on, but I realized that was how it was with people you cared about. You forgave each other and moved on.

Doubt is a form of pessimism that acts as an agent, which is sent to hinder prosperity on its materilization journey.

there is no such thing as shut doors, just ones that have yet to be opened!

Don't be timid. You're a writer, use your role, test it, make something of it. These are decisive times, everything is turning upside down. Participate, be present.

Why was life so unfair that the one guy she felt uncontrollable chemistry with ---even when they weren't even touching ---was the only guy she had to keep her hands off?

It's time to leave, though i've never really been arrived.

You never conquer a mountain. You stand on the summit a few moments then the wind blows your footprints away.

Obscurity is the realm of error.

Nature is always hinting at us.