Once I Started Looking For A Record

Lately I've Been Going To All These High Schools Talking To The Students, Answering Their Questions, Listening To What They Have To Say. It Has Been An Incredible Journey To Be Around Them And Try To Give Them What My Mother Gave Me.

Nikki Giovanni! I Got A Book Of Hers From The Library, And There Was This Woman Who Could Paint Me On Paper With Words - My Whole Little Experience. I Thought It Was Wonderful.

A Woman Is More Than The Sum Of Her Parts. So I Had An Opportunity To Present Some Work At The White House. I Chose Not Just To Talk About The Sky, The Planet, Love Or Heartache. I Wanted To Actually Be There, To Place A Mark On That Moment.

My Stepfather Was A Very Nasty Individual.

A Nutritionist Has Told Me To Have Very Little Butter And Very Little Spices, But I Can't Live Like That.