Although We Had A Lot Of Villainy

I Grew Up In A School System . . . Where Nobody Understood The Meaning Of Learning Disorder. In The West Indies, I Was Constantly Being Physically Abused Because The Whipping Of Students Was Permitted.

When I Went To Japan I Sang In Japanese; When I Went To Greece I Sang In Greek. When I Went To Spain, I Sang In Spanish. I Couldn't Speak It Very Well, But I Sang, I Was Beautiful In Singing It. These Things Just Constantly Attracted People To The Uniqueness Of Who I Was And The Way In Which I Performed.

Without Compromise Repression Would Be Defeated. Just As Some Cancers Feed On Hormones, Compromise Becomes The Hormone Of Oppression.

I Would Hope With All My Heart, That Jay Z Not Take Personally What Was Said... I Would Like To Take This Opportunity To Say To Jay Z And Beyonce: I’m Wide Open, My Heart Is Filled With Nothing But Hope And The Promise That We Can Sit And Have A One-on-one To Understand Each Other.

If I've Impacted On One Heart, One Mind, One Soul, And Brought To That Individual A Greater Truth Than That Individual Came Into A Relationship With Me Having, Then I Would Say That I Have Been Successful.