I Create My Own Calm And I

We As Black People Have To Tell Our Own Stories. We Have To Document Our History. When We Allow Someone Else To Document Our History The History Becomes Twisted And We Get Written Out. We Get Our Noses Blown Off.

My Fifth Mother Is Mother Nature - The Things I Had To Learn On My Own, The Understanding I Had To Come To And Still Have To Come To As A Young Woman, As A Responsible Mother, A Responsible Granddaughter And Child. She Teaches Me Willpower, Honesty, And The Things We Need To Heal Ourselves From Moment To Moment.

This Pain To Remain The Same Outweigh The Pain To Change... When You Get Tired Enough Is When You Begin To Want To Sacrifice Everything Inside Of You—the Fear Just Leaves

I Imagine That When I Am Creating A Song Or A Project Or An Album Or Putting Some Clothing Together Or Cooking A Meal, Whatever It Is, I Don't Really Have A Recipe. The Fun Part Is To Throw That Big Piece Of Clay In The Middle Of The Table As Hard As I Can, And Whatever Shape It Takes, That's What Shape It Takes, And Then I Start To Carve Away.

I View My Hair And Clothes As Functional Art.