“I think this industry can be tough on everyone. You have to surround yourself with supportive people and know when to put your foot down and do what's best for you and your family. The first few ye...”

“I'm able to provide for my family and the people that I love with things that I never used to be able to. I'm getting to make music and work with amazing people. I just feel really lucky.”

“I can't watch my first audition because it makes me too upset. I just think it is really sad. I look at myself and don't recognize myself. I do think fame and fortune changes people.”

“It's sad really, I think 'Freedom' would've done better, but it got shelved because of the pregnancy, so it might be something that might get revisited in the future; who knows?”

“I like to write poetry.”

“No black woman writer in this culture can write "too much". Indeed, no woman writer can write "too much"...No woman has ever written enough.”

“When you reduce a woman to writing, she makes you think of a thousand other women”

“I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.”

“A little tranquil lake is more significant to my life than any big city in the world”

“Something amazing happens when you're in love and don't give a damn about what day it is anymore.”

“I cant tell you anything about yourself you dont already knowWAITunless you dont know youre an incredibly freaking amazing person with boundless gifts to sharethen I can tell you that.”

“Take those praises with a level head, you must not be distracted by them. After all, purpose still awaits you.”

“Keep making a difference out there! Don't let the noise around you distract you from listening to the voice within you.”

“Sadly, when a person's possessions distract him from his purpose, he usually ends up losing both.”