So let's see what they [Republicans] are going to do. If they're going to put together great programs, and everybody understands that they're good.

I have to march because my mother could not have an abortion.

Guess what this liberal would be all about? This liberal will be about socializing...uh, um...Would be about, basically, taking over, and the government running all of your companies.

We do not have a crisis at Freddie Mac, and particularly Fannie Mae, under the outstanding leadership of Frank Raines.

Riot is the voice of the unheard.

You cannot be successful and continue to be a victim.

I don't see white police officers slamming the heads of little white boys into police cars.

I have a right to my anger, and I don't want anybody telling me I shouldn't be, that it's not nice to be, and that something's wrong with me because I get angry.

I am not afraid of anybody. This is a tough game. You can't be intimidated. You can't be frightened. And as far as I'm concerned, the Tea Party can go straight to hell.

Others say that that's not good for the country [to resist Donald's Trump ] and that they should work with this new administration on policies.

Black women are going to have to take more leadership. I think we are prepared because we bring a tenaciousness with us. We do not fear losing friends, allies, or jobs.

The motive of grace is the infinite, compassionate love of a merciful God, but the work of grace was the death of Christ on the cross.

I really, really wanted to be successful in my life just based on me and my mind alone…I didn’t ever want it to be an equation that amounted to a result coming from my brain plus something else.

If you want to be successful, you have to surround yourself with successful people or successful minds

Brutes leave ingratitude to man.

You can have a good vibe and a good feeling about something, but you never really know how it's going to be received and how an audience is going to react to it.

I think that it can be said of a lot of artists, and myself included, that we made the same record over and over from the beginning.

It's time to re-appreciate the original software: paper.

I have decided not to run for president.

I'm klutzy, and I don't embarrass easily.