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"Lately I've been going to all these high schools talking to the students, answering their questions, listening to what they have to say. It has been an incredible journey to be around them and try to give them what my mother gave me."
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"When I first became famous, I didn't know if I could go where I wanted to because I didn't know how people were going to act. Some folks would scream and holler, and I didn't know what to do with that."
People
"God is ever present. He's in every breath, in every step. He's here, always, always."
God
"You have to be humble when you're dealing with God."
God
"To be a queen of a household is a powerful thing."
Queen
"I have been training since 8th grade, but it has to do with listening, more than practice."
Listening
"Mos Def is one of the most creative, intelligent human beings I've had the opportunity to work with. He is fun. The entire time, he would go in and out of different characters, just for the fun of it. Awesome energy."
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"Power doesn't have to be on such a big scale for powerful things to occur. Within your own home, you can be a powerful woman as a mother, influencing your children's lives."
Power
"I think every individual has his or her own power, and it's a matter of working, taking time and defining what that power is."
Power
"There's a high school in Camden, New Jersey, I call the Jill Scott School. It's the Camden Creative Arts High School. Those teachers and kids are so passionate about what they do, and 98 percent of the senior class went on to college."
Class
"When I was growing up, my mother would take me to plays and museums, and we'd talk about life. Those times helped shape who I became."
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"A mother is the most important blessing of your life."
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"A mother's love is more beautiful than any fresh flower."
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"The longest tenured First LOVE and Greatest TEACHER, in-fact life long, is none the other, but Mother."
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"We never got anything out of the recordings. I'm still as broke as I was when I was with the Mothers."
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"No one is going to try to fill my mother's shoes, what she did was fantastic. It's about making your own future and your own destiny and Kate will do a very good job of that."
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"I always sang when I was little and my father, who was a great influence on me, also had a wonderful voice. He and my mother really encouraged me to sing and play the piano. They were always very supportive."
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"I think a lot of the Mothers stuff that we recorded was written while we were on the road."
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"It's my mother's engagement ring so I thought it was quite nice because obviously she's not going to be around to share any of the fun and excitement of it all - this was my way of keeping her close to it all."
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"My mother was the dearest, sweetest angel. She didn't talk; she sang. She was a tower of strength."
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"To live in Australia permanently is rather like going to a party and dancing all night with one's mother."
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