I'm Not The Type That's Going To

Having Black Hair Is Unique In That Black Women Change Up Styles A Lot. You Can Walk Down One Street Block In New York City And See 10 Different Hairstyles That Black Women Are Wearing: Straight Curls, Short Cuts, Braids - We Really Run The Gamut.

God Has Always Been In My Life And His Little Voice In Me That Lets Me Know When I'm Falling A Little Too Far Left Or Right, Up Or Down You Know. I Know Because There Is A Little Voice That Starts Saying, 'damn It, What Are You Doing? You Need To Slow Down With That' Or I Might Not Be A Good Person To Hang Around You Know... So God Will Do This To Me In Some Sort Of Way. Or Something Bad Will Happen To Me.

My Mom Has Always Been My Champion. She Was Very Smart And Grounded. She Said, 'save Your Money. Pay Your Taxes. Don't Put Everything In One Basket,' But She Let Me Explore And Be Creative.

Most People Don't Have So Much Talent That They Can Become A Success All Their Own. We All Need People To Help Us And Lift Us Up.

You Can't Ask Someone Who Is Not Making That Kind Of Money To Go To The Record Store And Buy An Album When Someone Down The Street Has The Same Record With Same Sound Quality For $5.