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..

...the sound of our lack of conversation amplified by the echo of our footsteps on the stone around us..

I'm not just another bimbo..

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..

There are sermons in stones, but it depends on how good your aim is..

Accidental stacks considered harmful..

It's never over till it's over with a friend..

Stand-up is something I just truly love to do, so I'll always go back to it. I'll never stop doing it, that's for sure..

The day you stop learning is the day you begin decaying..

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

Red lips are not so red as the stained stones kissed by the English dead..

The days passed, as they do, and life went on..

Protecting yourself from failure is probably not a good way to live..

"American Idol" has done a lot for me. It's a stepping stone in my life..