Success made me self-sufficient, but it also took away my anonymity. I'm just this quiet nobody, and all of a sudden people are nervous around me. That was kind of weird.

That industry expects you to prove yourself over and over again. Do I stay doing this, or do I raise my daughter and live surrounded by people who love me? Wasn't even really a choice.

We use a Native American tradition of the talking stick. You sit and pass it around and whoever has the stick has to talk. Some people just hold it. Others really share.

Let those who know know, and let me keep what little privacy I can.

Everyone has their story. Everyone has issues. You have to face your fears.

What saddens me is the corruption of youth and beauty, and the loss of soul, which is only replaced by money.

I felt devalued and disrespected. The energy behind it felt disingenuous and motivated by corporate profit.

It's from our sufferings that we form our consciousness.

I was literally the black sheep of the family, and there were definitely moments of discomfort while my grandmother was working through her racism.

It's okay to be a freak.

My life is art. Its how I express God.

Prisons are like the concentration camps of our time. So many go in and never come out, and primarily they're black and Latino.

An instructor once told me that when there's resistence in your body, it's only because of the resistence in your mind. It's about getting inside the pose. Being the breath.

Having Zoe saved my life. It was my wake-up call. There were so many things I didn't want to pass on to her.

I have a desire to create more film, more beauty, more art, more love, but I don't feel desperate. It's not about creating or building a career.

I spent a lot of time feeling alienated and rejected.

I took solace in my relationship with God who, along with my dog, was my best friend growing up.

I work with youth offenders in LA, I've heard them speak and see how music manipulates them.

I'm part of an important movement that needs to happen.

My desire to participate in the business is not to make more crap.