I had to confront my fears and master my every demonic thought about inferiority, insecurity, or the fear of being black, young, and gifted in this Western culture.
Think black love, think universal love. Just think love.
It’s emotional warfare telling the people we love, the most, the truth about ourselves.
A lot of us are too busy focusing on what we think people want to hear, as opposed to just saying what’s in our hearts.
Reality is easy. It’s deception that’s the hard work.
In my travels all over the world, I have come to realize that what distinguishes one child from another is not ability, but access. Access to education, access to opportunity, access to love.
I get really afraid of those little comforts, those things that make us feel like we did something great, because I’ve done nothing. I’ve done nothing. I mean that sincerely.
It’s silly when girls sell their souls because it’s in.
Everybody has a choice. I am not here to shove my light down everybody’s throat. For those who don’t want it, I have nothing to defend.
I ran very fast in the wrong direction.
I wouldn’t even hold my kids sometimes because I didn’t want them to spit up on me when I was dressed for an awards show.
I get out, I get out of all your boxes.
You might win some, but you just lost one.
Nobody’s going to force me to do something against my will. What do I owe anybody that I should submit my will to them?
You could get the money, you can get the power, but keep your eyes on the final hour.
The only help I need to live, is unprofessional. The only wealth I have to give, is not material. And if you need much more than that, I’m not available.
I can give away everything I posses, but am without love, and I have no happiness.
Loving you is like a Song I replay every 3 Minutes and 30 Seconds of every Day...
As artists, we have an opportunity to help the public evolve, raise consciousness and awareness, teach, heal, enlighten and inspire in ways the democratic process may not be able to touch. So we keep it moving.
When you’re young and everything dramatic is exciting, you start to believe that hype that, in order to be an artist, you have to suffer. I’ve graduated from that school.