I Was The Only Black Girl At

You Can't Expect Your Children To Be Perfect.

I Always Thought That Feminine, Softer Side Was Just Too Vulnerable To Put Out There, Because Then It's Like You're Opening Up A Door For Everybody To Come In, And You Don't Know Who's Going To Come In That Door.

It Doesn't Surprise Me That People Can't See Beyond My Image. It's Amazing, But I Can Understand It. That's What Image Is For. But It's Never A Problem For Me. It's Only A Problem For Them. I Don't Really Care. I Do What I Want Regardless.

I Don't Collaborate. You're Born Alone, You Die Alone, You Get On Stage Alone.

I Think It's Somewhere In My Head, In My Travel Space, And It Just Comes Out. It's A Visual Thing That Happens Unintentionally. People Will Tell Me, "you Do Realize You Just Spoke With That Accent, Right?" And I'll Go, "oh, Did I?" So It's Not Something I Think About. As We Talk, I Have A Visual About My Speech And It Just Comes Out Like That. If That Makes Any Sense!