Remember – it's a long race and you can always outwork talent in the end.

I can always look up at the cosmos and marvel, no matter what happens. And when I look up at it, I feel as though my problems are small. I don't know why, but it always makes me feel better.

Silence has always been my default mode—my best defense against the rest of the world.

We really don't get to understand /why/ most of the time. It's true.

it’s a long race and you can always outwork talent in the end

By getting to know you I get to know myself too.

Never run after a man or a bus, there's always another one in five minutes.

I’m restless. Things are calling me away. My hair is being pulled by the stars again.

Perhaps a great love is never returned.

Music is my mistress and she plays second fiddle to no one.

I was raised to be an independent woman, not the victim of anything.

Africa has her mysteries, and even a wise man cannot understand them. But a wise man respects them

Let us contemplate the humility of the Son of God born into poverty. Let us imitate him by sharing with those who are weak.

After spending all of her girlhood fervently wishing she could run away from home— she’d actually done it.

I would have to say I was an excellent student. I was the type to always do my homework and study when I needed to. I never really partied or did anything like that.