All my life I have lied. I lied to escape, I lied to be loved, I lied for placement and power; I lied to lie. It was a way of living; lies are life's almost-anagram.
The night is the hardest time to be alive and 4am knows all my secrets.
You hold onto what you have; you do not give it up easily, even when you know it is poisoning you.
Some nights are made for torture, or reflection, or the savoring of loneliness.
I can't heal your pain but I can see it. And you don't have to be lost. Not forever.
Never relinquish your terrors. That's when they catch you.
If you want something, you don't wait for the world to deal it out for you. You take it.
Intensity builds immensity
In civilized society, women have the ultimate power. It's women who say "no," in civilized society. That's what you feminists never have understood.
Do not ignore you gift. Your gift is the thing you do the absolute BEST with the LEAST amount of effort. "~Steve Harvey
What 'jazz' means to me is the worst kind of working conditions, the worst in cultural prejudice. The term 'jazz' has come to mean the abuse and exploitation of black musicians.