"Today, I hope that Great Moments begin in peaceful & progressive conversation. I am willing to be a bridge. I don't mind 'These Stones,' if they allow me to be a voice for the voiceless. I am here."

“I’m very versatile with music so, I try to show that just a little bit. Not so much on this mixtape because, you know, I got to gravitate the hood first and then that’s when I can do all this commercial/pop stuff.”

“There is a strategic plan that people are trying to make you a part of. Do not accept any invitation to have any meeting, no matter how positive you think the outcome may be. Without understanding, people have a very Willie Lynch agenda.”

“I think makeup can be self-expression. I have no intention to shame anyone at all [who chooses to wear it]. No one should be ashamed by the way you choose to express yourself. And that’s exactly the point. However, if you want to do that for yourself, you should do that.”

“Just my time. My time and also my knack for, like, you know, just… F**k the second thing that I was going to say — let’s just keep it at that.… [laughs]”

“We women think with our hearts and with our minds. When we see a guy, we envision what he’s like and whether this could be something special. Guys see us from an exterior point of view — that’s something I learned along the way as a woman. It’s important to have a friendship. It’s important to have standards,” she added. “You shouldn’t feel like you have to give your body away to get someone to like you.”

“It showed me what a racist and sexist I am. This little black girl comes out and stands in front of a blackboard and is a genius. Now, if it was a little white Steve Jobs I wouldn’t have been blown away. But to see a little black girl doing math at that level I said, ‘You know what? I am racist and sexist.’ I have never seen this before."

“To keep bringing comedians and actors and athletes to represent black interests is demeaning, it’s disrespectful and it’s condescending. Bring some people up there with some expertise, Donald Trump. Don’t just bring up people to entertain.”

"[The Inauguration invitation] did not not give me pause, and I know people think that’s strange, but it used to be where an artist can be an artist, and we sang.”

"Wayne is a very great person. Wayne never did anything wrong to me. The thing is, when I dated Wayne — which was so many years ago — we were just real young. Wayne was real young. I was real young. A part of it was, 'I don't even know what I'm doing, and I know you don't know what you're doing.'"

"We are deeply saddened by the passing of a mighty man of valor, embattled warrior, learned and beloved pastor and man I call friend, Bishop Eddie L. Long. We will miss his enigmatic catchphrase uttered just above a whisper, 'Watch this...' his love for the Gospel shared liberally and a ministry that impacted lives around the globe."

"I was actually checked by my white husband. I was making him a sandwich... and I had some mayonnaise, and I asked him, 'Adam, do you want a lot of mayo on your sandwich?'"

“Chris Brown has a bigger following. At the end of the day, we're on BET. This is Black Entertainment. We must support both of those entertainers. I commend Chris Brown and Soulja Boy for going out there for so many years and entertaining the people. I think these artists really need to focus on being artists, instead of focused on being gangbangers.”

"Two homies done started some s**t. Now you got everybody wanting to f***ing fight each other. This s**t getting corny as f**k now."