Words have never belonged to those who wrote them. Always to those who needed then.

The sun might be God. God might not watch us at night.

I sometimes sit on my roof. Not to be closer to god. To be further from y'all.

There's an inexplicable joy that exists on a brown child's face and in the way they navigate their world long before they discover they're hated.

What you don't think about when you're planning for children is when you're going to teach them how not to be killed

An HBCU that is not inherently revolutionary in 2016 is irrelevant.An African American Studies class that is not inherently revolutionary in 2016 is irrelevant.

Sometimes our walls exist just to see who has the strength to knockthem down.

Undeniable chemistry and horrific timing. They love each other.

In her attempt to make me a good man, I made her a bad woman.

The relationship was perfect, but I hated everything about the person I became.

I'm silent when there is a war inside me. There's a need to keep the people outside intact.

Great faith in God is the grace of His glory.

Inspiration fans the flame of creation.

A devil - "A power that lives against its life

I'm happy that I took time off to become a mom and raise my daughter properly and build a bond between the two of us.

A dead grief is easier to bear than a live trouble.

Originally, the lyrics to "Girl" were really upbeat, and then it didn't work for me somehow. You need the dichotomy. If you're doing something happy and light, you need the shadows.

When I opened my mouth to sing as a kid, I kind of randomly had a really good singing voice. And so that put me on the actor track and the musicals track.

I am paid a good amount of money to not blink for 12 hours. It's fun, but I don't take it very seriously.

If one publishes, then one is creating a public record of Learning to Write.

May I never miss a sunset or rainbow because I am looking down.