Translation is an interestingly different way to be involved both with poetry and with the language that I've found myself living in much of the time. I think the two feed each other.
Really every woman is an example to me because as women we go through so...
You can hate me. You can go out there and say anything you want about me But...
I don't listen to people's opinions. I have people around me who I can trust...
I remember a time when all my fans were crying and sad and going through...
You demand respect and you'll get it. First of all you give respect.
Don't give up be positive and if you know someone who knows someone at a...
I barely have time for my own children. To adopt more children and not have...
Music makes us want to live. You don't know how many times people have told...
I don't think there's anything they can say about me that I haven't said...
I do consider myself part of black history.
In the inner city there's a mentality that the government owes you...
I wish I had an extra day with my mom sometimes. Or another hour in the day...
It was only for two years and I jumped from family to family. It's very scary.
When I was a child I didn't care about getting an education and I didn't...
I've just been growing right along. It's painful but it's a great pain and...
