"I can admit now, in retrospect, that when you’re a Black female and you’re the only one in a particular situation, wh…"

"My mother was executive director of the Los Angeles Girl Scout Council. She was a leader, she knew how to interact wi…"

"I have heard other women and people of color say that we feel like we have to work harder to prove that we know what …"

"Shatter her beauteous breast ye may; The Spirit of England none can slay! Dash the bomb on the dome of Paul's, — Deem…"

"the farmer takes Jill down the well & all the king's horses & all the king's men can't put that baby together again c…"

"death is where jimi hendrix is, where our revolution ended up."

"There has always been something wrong wif the tesses. The tesses paint a picture of me wif no brain. The tesses paint…"

""I'm tired," I says. She says, "I know you are, but you can't stop now Precious, you gotta push." And I do."

"[About Madonna] I disagree. Nor do I agree with the association of Madonna's name with the title of her LP Like a Vir…"

"I could have had a career in cinema. It was difficult to reinvent myself as a singer. I have a weak voice. I can swin…"