You understand my music..

. . . the circumference of life cannot be rightly drawn until the center is set..

I have to change to stay the same..

All history is the history of thought..

Where would I be without my sense of direction..

He has carried every point, who has combined that which is useful with that which is agreeable..

Not everything that’s cool is science, but everything in science is cool..

You work with what you got..

No one is accountable anymore for anything..

Freedom is not for the timid..

Where you stop is where you stop. There is always more of God..

I'm a wild lady. Not..

I outlived the bastards..

I take all of my music seriously and personally..

I will not be misquoted!.

I'd love to have a family -- sometime in the future..

I'm not going to die. If I'm going to die, it won't be now. So, I'm not going to limit myself. I will keep on going while I have the strength..

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

Where ever I am not is the place where I am myself..

There are no incurable ills..

Be fruitful, and multiply..