I am not an African. I am an American..

I've never been particularly maternal..

All change begins with someone having a thought..

I'm closest to the music when I'm onstage with the band, playing..

But they were fated to misunderstand each other..

To search for the old is to understand the new..

I wrote about what I was going through at the time..

Those who will not start, will never finish..

The drive for happiness is vital; it's what keeps us in motion..

The more music you love, the happier you will be..

I find when death comes, it is usually a woman that is called for..

There is no place to which we could flee from God, which is outside of God..

About me, nothing worse they will tell you, my love, than what I told you.

For we put the thought of all that we love into all that we make..

Do for yourself or do without..

Like many things, I am nothing..

I like to be counted on..

I was physically abused and I retaliated..

...God leads you to it and takes you through it..

But she is happiest alone. She is happiest alone..

I feel like I've had very few bad experiences but even those I look back on and really feel like if it weren't for them, I wouldn't be where I am. I ….