I said, I'm going to stand up and somebody is going to pay attention to me.
You can't hoot with the owls and then soar with the eagles
We should have learnt by now that laws and court decisions can only point the way. They can establish criteria of right and wrong. And they can provide a basis for rooting out the evils of bigotry and racism. But they cannot wipe away centuries of oppression and injustice - however much we might desire it.
You can always debate about what you should have done. The question is what are you going to do?
What we need are critical lovers of America - patriots who express their faith in their country by working to improve it.
If I believe in something, I will fight for it, with all I have. But I do not demand all or nothing. I would rather get something than nothing.
The good old days were never that good, believe me. The good new days are today, and better days are coming tomorrow. Our greatest songs are still unsung.
Everybody is looking for a hit single but what the artists really need is an executive producer to help put better albums out.
I'm great at washing dishes and I'm great at cleaning the house and all that kind of stuff. I don't like doing it, but I'm.
I'm very proud of my sisters and everything they've accomplished and done. I'm very proud of where I came from.
I'd always rather stand or fall on my own mistakes. There's nothing worse than looking back, in a published book, at a line edit or a copy edit that you felt queasy about and didn't want to take, but took anyway.