The old Lena is dead..

I have always, or for the most part, identified myself as a biracial person. Much to the chagrin of a lot of African-American people that I meet, bec….

What cannot be imagined cannot even be talked about..

Music gave me something to do in my life..

How can I govern others, who can't even govern myself?.

Eat right and you can’t go wrong..

I don't like overt traditionalism..

I love seeing things that work in the micro and work in the macro..

The worse they are the more they see beauty in each other..

Let us be French as the Americans are English..

The less seriously you take yourself, the better work you're going to do..

I don't really like ska..

Education isn't something you can finish.

Just being from New York, that's something that you do - knowing how to dress..

I like things to reverberate, to be suggestive..

I'm not just another bimbo..

Who can protect themselves from betrayal? The day your brother wakes up and plans to do you dirty, there's no defense against that..

The whites are the same everywhere. I see them every day..

There are no rules. Let the picture lead you where it must go..

I've aged, but grown up? No..

I ain't from Africa. I'm from St. Louis..