I am selfish. I reach for the world I want to live in. And I believe in leaving our best we can do to our children
My creativity and my political work are linked. I don't do this work out of guilt or out of responsibility.
A lot of artists say, I'm not political. People are afraid of this word.
Poverty without a people's government looks like hopelessness, but to see poverty in organized communities is to see relief-in-progress.
To my great surprise and pleasure, I have had dinner with most of the people living with whom I would like to have dinner.
In my life, the stories I have heard from my family, my friends, my community, and from willing strangers all over the world have been the true source of my education.
It is essential that men start being interested in and excited by how women think.
All my life I have gone out on a limb, but I have turned the limb into a bridge, and there is cool, clear water flowing under.
White middle- and upper-class men have a longer journey to go than many people.
Often thoughts are given to me with the sole purpose of giving them away.
It doesn't take long to sum up the major theses of most popular music: he loves me; he left me; I need him; I needed him, but now I need his best friend. Rather limited scope.
Whenever new ideas emerge, songs soon follow, and before long the songs are leading.
Time has passed through me and become a song.
To come to a concert and hear a lot of songs from a female perspective should not make men say, 'Oh well, that's for women'.
We who are interested in relative truth have to keep digging for it and not let ourselves be sucked under.
Part of keeping space open is not to try to choose a form - to spend more time thinking about content, and let form take care of itself.
Music can be used against us as much as it can be used for us. Muzak can put a whole nation to sleep, whereas a lullaby is intended to put a child to sleep in a sweet way.
Language is like songs, like food, like dance-it is the expression of what we think.
I'm not allowing my perspective to be dictated by the dominant culture.
If I didn't think and feel the way I think and feel, I couldn't sing the way I sing. And I like singing the way I sing.
I like this life. I like it when it's hard, and I like it better when it's not, but I know you don't get the sweet part without the bitter.
You can't just leave out one part; the bread won't rise if the yeast isn't there.
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