“I never got the chance to meet Linda Brown; there were several times w...” — Ruby Bridges Quote

I never got the chance to meet Linda Brown; there were several times we were supposed to meet or be on the same stage together, but life gets in the way, and it never happened.

I remember what it was like at age 6, not really understanding what was going on around me, but having all these grown-up thoughts running through my head about what I was facing, why this was happening.

If we are about what is good today, then we that are good need to come together to fight what's bad out there.

There are all kinds of monuments to adults - usually dead and usually white. But we don't often lift up the extraordinary work of children.

I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television.

Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.

Starting in music, where I get a chance to connect with the lyrics of a song, I learned so much about performing on stage and connecting to your audience and to what you're singing about. Singing is very emotional. Every song has its own purpose.

At some point in your life, if you're lucky, you get to design the way in which things evolve.

I love my job. If I have a chance to play against some of the top talent in the world or whether it's against guys around the corner, I'm going to play.