There are a lot of historical lofts in Houston, and it's amazing for me that a lot of them were built in the 1920s. I love the exposed bricks and the very industrial stuff.

You get educated by traveling.

Any decision I make is based on myself, and the only person I have to give an explanation to is God.

I think many people, especially from other cultures, just don't understand the role hair plays in Black women's lives.

As an artist, everybody has the opportunity to celebrate and speak their truth.

I have to learn how to say no a lot. Life is too short for anything else.

I actually love my natural hair when it's in a twist out and it's been slept on for five days and revived by the steam of the shower.

We are getting an education of a lifetime. We're actually out there in the real world.

Style is the way we communicate who we are to people before we open our mouths.

The album ['A Seat at the Table'] really feels like storytelling for us all and our family and our lineage.

I don't really have guilty pleasures. Anything musically that I fully, fully believe, is good no matter who the artist is, no matter what the marketing is behind it, I stand pretty firm.

We tend to be preoccupied by our problems when we have a heightened sense of vulnerability and a diminished sense of power. Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.

I wear sunglasses almost all the time outside - not because I think I'm really, really cool, but because of the rays.

I was shocked that someone I didn’t even know would take the time to pray for me.

It's Godlike to love man - even in his sin - merely because he's man.

People need religion. It's a vehicle for a moral tradition. A crucial role. Nothing can take its place.

I love you Max,"Fang said..."God, Max I love you so much." I know. I thought. I've always known

Evil is the voltage of good; the urge to goodness, without the potential of evil, is trivial.

All of my jokes were about not being able to meet anybody. I didn't have any insight into anything - even my own insecurities.

We're going' Anne said firmly. So soon?' Percy pleaded. 'But stars come out at night.' Then they fade at dawn', Anne replied. 'This star needs to veil herself in darkness.

In everyday life, I use positive thoughts, sense of humor, Taekwondo, running, and yoga to make me stronger.