Nothing Has Gotten Me Out Of Philadelphia.

I Would Say For Every Successful Black Woman In America Or In The World, Really, It's Difficult To Be The Head Of The Household, Financially. It Is For The Man In Your Life. It Can Be Very Hard For Them. And There's A Delicate Balance. I'm Not Quite Sure I Know What That Balance Is Just Yet.

One Of The Things I Love About Africa Is The Amount Of Dignity And Respect And Humility You See All The Time. You Don't Realise How Often You're Disrespected Until You Are Surrounded By Respect.

I've Been Reading Poetry Publicly For 20 Years, And This Is What You Do - You Express, You Sometimes Dig A Bit To Get A Conversation Started. That's The Point Of Poetry. You're Supposed To Go, 'hmmmm,' And 'woooh!'

Mos Def Is One Of The Most Creative, Intelligent Human Beings I've Had The Opportunity To Work With. He Is Fun. The Entire Time, He Would Go In And Out Of Different Characters, Just For The Fun Of It. Awesome Energy.

I'm Looking At The Head Of The Household, And The House Hasn't Been Run Properly For A Long Time, ... Clinton Was The First Person Ever To Make A Formal Apology To Black People For Slavery, Which Was Very Warm And Appreciated. But African-americans Haven't Healed At All . The Wound Is Still Very Open. And Seeing The Differences In How People Live, It Just Puts Salt In It- Constantly . Seeing The Way We're Treated Within These United States ... It Burns You Even More Every Day.