“Racism is a grown-up disease, and we should stop using our kids to spread it.”

Now that I’m a parent, I know that my parents were incredibly brave.

I pray for my enemies, that God would forgive them.

Evil looks like you and I. I know what evil looks like, and I know that it comes in all shades and colors.

Kids come into the world with clean hearts, fresh starts.

My mother and our pastor always said you have to pray for your enemies and people who do you wrong, and that’s what I did.

Love is Love. Better to Love than Hate!!!

Evil isn’t prejudiced. It doesn’t care what you look like; it just wants a place to rest. It’s up to you whether you give it that place.

Learn from these monuments, whether we like them or not, and put them in their context.

When I think about our babies today and them not being safe in school, I think that should be the next civil rights movement, you know, is to ban the assault weapons so that our babies can be safe.

A lot of my strength came from my upbringing.

Bravery knows no age or gender.

Our elders said back then that if Black folks really wanted to see Change, they had to step up to the plate and do it themselves. Somebody has to be First. Will that be you?

Today and Everyday I stand against Injustice and in solidarity with our Asian, Asian-American & Pacific Islander Brothers and Sisters.

We all have a common enemy, and it is evil.

I believe in my prayers.

I felt like there was something I needed to do – speaking to kids and sharing my story with them and helping them understand racism has no place in the minds and hearts of children.

My dreams as a kid were so far below the Grammys, like, maybe selling out a show, or, like, seeing your album on a shelf in an Urban Outfitters… and the Grammys are so far above that. It’s very ridiculous.

If true and unconditional love exists in this world, then it has to be the love between a mother and a child.

Am I killing the kid in me, by strangling my curiosity?

I think as I have got older, I have got a bit more relaxed, although you might not think that if you heard me screaming at my kids.

From when I was a kid I wanted to write. It was so important to me that I was writing my own material.

Mothers are truly great who can do anything for you. But no one can do what a mother can for her child. That’s what makes them special.

I idolize my kid sister, so I get it. I understand why other people do too.

I’m gonna make sure you talk about me, and your grandkids and kids after that gonna know about me…your great grandkids will say “wow, wasn’t that a bizarre individual?”