Audre Lorde Quotes

Beloved community is formed not by the eradication of difference but by its affirmation, by each of us claiming the identities and cultural legacies that shape who we are and how we live in the world.

I'm not practising, I don't go to church, but what I got from it was a sense of belonging to something bigger. What I really miss is being forced to be in a community with people that aren't the same as you. Then, you really have to work through the ways that you're different.

Instead of focusing on, 'Oh, there's a black lady who plays videogames,' focus on that there's another person out there who loves the same stuff that you do.

The black community is my community - the LGBT community, too, and the female community. That is my community. That's me; it's who I am.

When people come to my gigs, they feel accepted as they are and they feel part of this family.

I want everyone to identify with my tracks and for all of us to be part of it in some way or another.

We are a diverse people, man.

Prince was unapologetically different, and he made it okay for his fans to be different and to celebrate their individuality. His social conscience challenged us to look deeper than the skin color of our neighbors.

We want to gather everyone together as one, transcending any barrier of language and culture.

I don't want to fit in. I want to make music that can reach out to people of all different ages and backgrounds and beliefs and turn us into one, groovin, 'Goodtimenation.'

It's not just about me. It's about all of us, accepting one another. We're all different... That's a good thing.

I need to feel like I'm part of something. I need to feel part of the world when I go to sleep.

A lot of people come up to me all the time and say thank you for helping me be who I am. So my thing wasn't just about sexuality. It was about anyone who felt different; anyone who felt out of place. Being gay was one part of it.

Every human being has to feel a part of a tribe. It's programmed into us. And you have to feel that you're contributing to something.

My fans are honestly so unique and so similar. Wherever I travel, they are so, so different but so the same.

I would say that although my music may be or may have been part of the cultural background fabric of the gay community, I consider myself an outsider who belongs everywhere and nowhere... Being a human being is what truly counts. That's where you'll find me.

I wanted to bring people together, and most importantly not feel threatened when they came to watch me box.

There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met.

I'm trying to make a case for those people who don't have a sense of belonging that they should have, that there is something really worthwhile in having a sense of belonging, and recasting and looking at our modern history.

The most basic human desire is to feel like you belong. Fitting in is important.

I'm out here to represent the gingers, the gypsies, and the outcasts. Because I am all of the above, and I'm all about having a great time.

With all of the divisiveness that is going on in the country we live in, so much of it is based around just fear of the other. And anyone who does not look like me, walk like me, talk like me, have sex like me, they're the other and I'm afraid of them. And hopefully we will learn that it's just not scary. There's nothing to be afraid of.

We must see the pluralism of the world, and not bind it by seeking common denominators.

The essential dilemma of my life is between my deep desire to belong and my suspicion of belonging.

The more we can be in a relationship with those who might seem strange to us, the more we can feel like we're neighbors and all members of the human family.