Quotes about "Mindfulness & Presence"

My parents are really conservative. My dad is Muslim, and my mom is the most conservative woman you've ever met. They're very aristocratic in the most quaint suburban way. ”

I've always loved playing with hair. I used to want dreads like Lauryn Hill, but my mom wouldn't let me. ”

I used to be offended when people would compare me to Erykah Badu. Because I'm black, thick, and have large lips? There's nothing similar about us whatsoever, and I felt very disrespected by the fact that people needed to pigeonhole me. I wasn't even raised on Erykah Badu! ”

I used to be very figurative and also just kind of scared to talk about the way I felt in a literal way. ”

I don't enjoy being interviewed. I feel like it exhausts a lot of my energy. I feel empty after. ”

I was quiet in high school and relatively unpopular, so being noticed is not something that I'm used to. ”

I was raised orthodox Muslim. Very sheltered, very conservative. ”

My mom is a Pan-Africanist. My dad is still Orthodox Sunni Muslim, but he's super fun. He worked in television for years. He was a Black Panther. ”

As long as you're being honest and there's intention in what you're doing, then I think that energy permeates your field and becomes like a homing signal for other people with like energies. ”

Listening to Alabama Shakes made me less self-conscious about my voice. ”