I've Been Enjoying Playing With Fashion -

Most Of The Time, Particularly With This Record, 'the Light Of The Sun,' I Really Just Been Standing In Front Of A Microphone And Blacking Out Musically, You Know. I'd Come Back A Couple Hours Later And There's Six Songs From Beginning To End, You Know? I Don't Know What I'm Going To Say. I Don't Know How I'm Going To Say It.

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.

I'm A Secret Interior Decorator. There's A Mural On My Dining Room Wall Of The Railroad Tracks At 30th Street Station In Philadelphia. I Love Having My Hometown With Me Out Here In California.

Don't Stop Dreaming Just Because You Had A Nightmare.

I Think The First Time I Really Heard Poetry Was In The Schoolyard. Just The Little Limericks That Kids Say When They're Jumping Rope And Playing Games. I Think That's The First Time I Heard Rhyming Words - I Don't Know If I'd Call That The Definitive Poetry, But That's When I Heard Rhyming Words Said And Not Necessarily Sung.