I recall once saying that when I had given the same lecture several times I couldn't help feeling that they really ought to know it by now.
Think what you want, this is what we are.
I have a theory because I was being beaten up a lot by people outside of school, it was almost like if I could make myself sick enough they'd take sympathy on me.
I try to stay positive by focusing on how much I'll appreciate my health if I get better.
I've never had a social life, don't ever want one because it's boring.
Candles are good as long as you're not me and you don't fall asleep and your house burns down.
I have never had a social life, don't ever want one because it's boring. I'm just not very good with people, and you meet people every night who expect you to be this rock star with these developed social skills, which I don't have.
Without external pressure, things might have gone very differently. That has always been true for African Americans; the better we've been at raising international awareness, the better off we've been at realizing solutions to our own problems.
My obstetrician was so dumb that when I gave birth he forgot to cut the cord. For a year that kid followed me everywhere. It was like having a dog on a leash.
It's a rite of passage for the everyman, to a higher ground.
I just want to make music, I don't want people to talk about me. All I've ever wanted to do was sing. I don't want to be a celebrity. I don't want to be in people's faces, you know, constantly on covers of magazine that I haven't even known I'm on.