"Mothers don't let your daughters grow up to be models unless you're present."

"People identify with me - everyone does - African American women, Caucasian women, they all identify with me because I'm ethnic."

"I have a very vivid imagination."

"I wish I'd gotten sober at a younger age."

"Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so, For those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow, Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me."

"Hip-hop don't have no fresh energy, none at all. It's money driven, everybody tryin' to make that cheque, nobody putting art in their albums any more."

"I graduated a the top of my class in the '84 Olympic Games I won a gold medal."

"The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money."