That attitude that fighting is probably not fair, but you have to defend yourself anyway and damage the enemy, has been profoundly consequential as far as my political activism goes.

Bisexuality means I am free and I am as likely to want to love a woman as I am likely to want to love a man, and what about that? Isn't that what freedom implies?

To tell the truth is to become beautiful, to begin to love yourself, value yourself. And that's political, in its most profound way.

Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth.

Like a lot of Black women, I have always had to invent the power my freedom requires.

We do not deride the fears of prospering white America. A nation of violence and private property has every reason to dread the violated and the deprived.

Maybe the purpose of being here, wherever we are, is to increase the durability and occasions of love among and between peoples.

Overall, white men run America. From nuclear armaments to the filth and jeopardy of New York City subways to the cruel mismanagement of health care, is there anything to boast about?

Body and soul, Black America reveals the extreme questions of contemporary life, questions of freedom and identity: How can I be who I am?

To tell the truth is to become beautiful.

If you are free, you are not predictable and you are not controllable.

I think these days, as an artist, you have to be slightly entrepreneurial. ...Nobody really sells records anymore.

It is your birthright to live a life abundant in love. Make the commitment today to open your heart and let your love flow.

Hell is wanting to be somewhere different from where you are.

Love is the reality of the soul.

Use the right word, not its second cousin.

Just as the Salt Lake Temple took 40 years to build, stone by stone, you are building a virtuous life, step by step.

It is really important (to win). It's always like, "You should win; you should win," If I win, I've proven (it) to them... It'd be pretty cool.

Gotta get myself a million, gonna turn that into a billion.

I realized early that unless you're willing to kill the innocent, you can't win.

We will conquer Europe, we will conquer America!