Why do we need to wait until somebody sells 10 million records to give people a show like that? What about us smaller, hungry folk? At least gimme a curtain!

As an artist, program directors always want to put you in a little box.

Why do we need to wait until somebody sells 10 million records to give people a show like that? What about us smaller, hungry folk? At least gimme a curtain!

I'm the type of woman you might say is too good. I'll massage a man's feet, have dinner cooked when he gets home. But once they leave, the door is closed, and the locks are changed.

They always come back when they learn that not every woman's gonna treat them this good.

I give and give, even when I get nothing back - and that sets me up for disappointment.

I would never disrespect any man, woman, chick or child out there. We're all the same. What goes around comes around, and karma kicks us all in the butt in the end of the day.

I have a new television show in the works, and that is all I can say right now.

I swear by that old expression, 'One monkey don't stop no show!' The reality is, we still have some good men out there, and we should hail those men as the kings they are.

Depending on which day, and how I am feeling on that day, I have a different favorite song on the album. One day it might be 'Karma', and other days it is 'Stay For A While'

The college stations have a big voice, and I would like to become more involved with them. I would like to have symposiums with the members of various college radio stations.

'Do What You Gotta Do' is a positive, inspirational song that says no matter what it is; whether you're up against challenges or trying to get your dreams and aspirations met, you should do what whatever you have to do shy of killing yourself or someone else.

A lot of people don't know what I do. In the industry they take credit for work because to some degree it makes them feel worthy or greater. I am not a ghostwriter 'cause it is on the CD covers who wrote and did what but people don't care about anything they can't see. The work gets unnoticed and the credibility goes untouched.

Allowing myself to love God completely has obviously shed light on my self-love because he loves me more than I could ever love myself.

I feel like something magical is going to happen, and I feel like all the stars have finally lined up perfectly for Angie Stone.

I forget to take care of Angie being so busy taking care of everyone else.

I get a special joy in knowing people feel comfortable if they see me in Wal-Mart or in a no-frills section trying to get something on a discount.

I think my spirit is far greater than it's ever been.

I think people's perception of a rich girl is literal, but metaphorically I embrace it as being rich in love, spirit, joy and religion. So it's not about money.

I was always on the go, and thought I was too busy to develop something like this. I thought at the time that diabetes went along with bad habits, but I was the last one in my family to eat junk food.

If you're beautiful within, a person can fall in love with your spirit.

It feels great to be a role model and I'm very careful with the things I do. I'm not perfect, I do make a lot of mistakes, but I try my best.

It is definitely somewhat a crutch of feeling that you have to please others in order to be accepted.

Many artists give up after a while.

My favorite thing about L.A. is the sunny breezes that mimic the mindset of the energy in the people.

My mom was a diabetic. Her sister was a diabetic, so I was already a candidate.

When I was younger I was taught that a winner never quits, and a quitter never wins.

I would never disrespect any man woman chick or child out there. We re all the same. What goes around comes around and karma kicks us all in the butt in the end of the day.

Because I'm just a giving person spiritually, I feel that if your intentions are to use or abuse or take advantage of, then you might get what you get in the meantime, but there's still a price to pay.

We were like psychedelic folk combined with Sonic Youth's noise.

I think my election is one of several indications that gay and lesbian folk are being brought more into the center of things. I'd like to think that my election signals my bringing of gay and lesbian folk into the center of the church.

Over and over again, financial experts and wonkish talking heads endeavor to explain these mysterious, 'toxic' financial instruments to us lay folk. Over and over, they ignobly fail, because we all know that no one understands credit default obligations and derivatives, except perhaps Mr. Buffett and the computers who created them.

The models for me were more the folk-rock singers of the '60s and '70s.

I think they do a great job on Queer as Folk.

You have to open your mind. I like the ability to express myself in a deep way. It's the closest music to our humanity - it's like a folk music that rises up out of a culture.

Real folk music long ago went to Nashville and left no known survivors.

I have a deep rooted folk sensibility that I can't get away from completely.

Civilization is a conspiracy. Modern life is the silent compact of comfortable folk to keep up pretences.

My father being in the movie business, I thought being an actor would be great. But when I started singing to people in coffeehouses, you know, singing folk music and then, later, singing songs that I started to write myself, I felt more than an affinity for it.

I really understand what that process is all about and how important it is, especially with young folk and creative folk that love looking for some platform that makes it easier for them to express themselves.

The local music community here was dying for a place to record, so we started doing acoustic, folk and bluegrass and then did rock projects for other bands, as well as for my son Tal and my own work.

The novel is the first art form that is an honest-to-god commodity. That's what makes it different from both high art and folk art.

That folk music led to learning to play, and making things up led to what turns out to be the most lucrative part of the music business - writing, because you get paid every time that song gets played.

Why do we need to wait until somebody sells 10 million records to give people a show like that? What about us smaller, hungry folk? At least gimme a curtain!

But in my imagination this whole thing developed and I started mixing up old folk songs with the Beatles beat and taking them down to Greenwich Village and playing them for the people there.

All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song.

But the West did not last long enough. Its folk myths and heroes became stage properties of Hollywood before the poets had begun to get to work on them.

My idea of heaven is a place where the Tyne meets the Delta, where folk music meets the blues.

He helped make Living Things even more crazy than I wanted it to be. He added old-fashioned piano and classical folk music - that weird otherworldly vibe - all these elements got onto the record.