“Fame can take interesting men and thrust mediocrity upon them.” — David Bowie Quote

Fame can take interesting men and thrust mediocrity upon them.

I re-invented my image so many times that I'm in denial that I was originally an overweight Korean woman.

I've always regretted that I never was able to talk openly with my parents, especially with my father. I've heard and read so many things about my family that I can no longer believe anything; every relative I question has a completely different story from the last.

My son's full real name is Duncan Zowie Haywood. As a toddler, he was called by his second name Zowie. But it was such an identifiable name during the Seventies that if I called him loudly in public places, everyone would turn to stare, so I started calling him Joey to take the pressure off.

Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.

The Lord showed me, so that I did see clearly, that he did not dwell in these temples which men had commanded and set up, but in people's hearts... his people were his temple, and he dwelt in them.

Black men struggle with masculinity so much. The idea that we must always be strong really presses us all down - it keeps us from growing.

Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.

Most men are within a finger's breadth of being mad.