When I Sing, I Have To Live

I Didn't Leave Home Until 27. I Was An Only Child Raised In Philadelphia By My Mother And Grandmother. My Grandmother Controlled The Stove. She Made A Lot Of Potato Meals - Mashed Potato, Potato Souffle, Potato Pancakes. When We Didn't Have Electricity We Ate Romantically, By Candlelight.

I Don't Rhyme Right Now, But I May Ten Years From Now.

Africa Doesn't Leap On You Immediately; It Seeps Slowly, And It's Incredibly Important To Be Respectful And Humble There.

People Is, I Think, It's Their Nature - Some People's Nature, In A Way, To Be Angry Or Jealous Or Just Spiteful About Somebody Else's Blessings.

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.