Nikki Giovanni! I Got A Book Of

Heartbreak Was The Impetus To Me Writing Poems And Music In The First Place. Over The Years, I Had My Heart Broken So Badly That If I Didn't Find A Way To Get All The Pain Out, I Was Going To Lose My Mind. I Was Crazy! Like, Wanting To Slash Tires And Smash Car Windows. Crazy! I Was So Hurt That I Had To Write.

I See Myself Being A Great-grandmother At My Great-grandson's Graduation From A School That Has My Name On It.

There's A Certain Level Of Realness In Philly. You Know, Just - People Are People. You Know, It Doesn't Matter Who You Are Or Who You Think You Are, You're Just A Person In Philly.

My Son, Jett, Is Two, And When I Was Pregnant My Nose Got Bigger, So I Got A New One. Everything Was Bigger For A While After Having Jet, But I Knew I Needed To Be Able To Walk Up My Stairs Without Being Winded. It Took Me Two Years To Lose 60 Lbs - Lots Of Walking, Bike-riding, Kick-boxing And Performing.

Ain't Nothing Coming Easily In This Life. Sometimes You Gotta Work, You Gotta Grow And It Gotta Hurt.