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Rather than numbing or drowning out the difficult-to-describe but urgently sensed feelings that are part of being human, poetry invites us to tease them out, to draw them into language that is rooted in intricate thought and strange impulse. ”
There's a time and place for everything, and my focus is music. So that's what I prefer to spend most of my time doing, and not talk about making music. ”
The prize money for first place was $2,800, but I didn't take it because I was still an amateur. ”
Every part of the country has its story to tell, so I'm always looking for the next place to be. ”
It makes you more open, it gives you perspective, having a child. ”
Why does everyone think the future is space helmets, silver foil, and talking like computers, like a bad episode of Star Trek? ”
My goal is to make space for my selfhood. All of it. All of me, not just the parts I like or think that others like but all of it. ”
I think that complicated, nuanced, deep, heavy - that's the place to go. That's what makes a great show. That's what all of us deal with in life. ”
What I think is exciting is that, to a certain extent, there is a revolution happening where black women are owning their own beauty, despite the standard of beauty that in the past has not had space for it. ”
I think culturally, even if you just talk about it in context, the standard of beauty has not included women of color. Period. Not just black women. If you are not a certain thing, there has not been space for you. ”