So my grandfather told me when I was a little girl, "If you say a word often enough, it becomes you." And having grown up in a segregated city, Baltimore, Maryland, I sort of use that idea to go around America with a tape recorder — thank God for technology — to interview people, thinking that if I walked in their words — which is also why I don't wear shoes when I perform — if I walked in their words, that I could sort of absorb America. I was also inspired by Walt Whitman, who wanted to absorb America and have it absorb him.
Y puesto que me crié en una ciudad segregada, Baltimore, Maryland, de cierta manera uso aquella idea de viajar por toda América con una grabadora gracias a Dios por la tecnología — para entrevistar a la gente, pensando que si yo caminara en sus palabras — lo cual también explica por qué no llevo zapatos cuando actúo si caminara en sus palabras, que de alguna manera, podría absorber los Estados Unidos También me inspiró Walt Whitman quien quiso absorber su país y estar absorto en ello.