A biography for Cree Summerhasn’t been written yet.
“I wanted to be in a rock band. That's all I ever wanted to do.”
“With acting it was never a real passion or inspiration of mine.”
“I'm just inspired by music.”
“My generation spends too much time in the mirror and not enough looking inside ourselves.”
“I started school in the 4th grade and it was a real drag.”
“A lot of political things would have to dramatically change in this planet for a woman of color to be carefree.”
“I slept in closets and on floors for a long time.”
“I didn't know about competition until I got to school. I didn't know how degrading it was to be graded until I got to school.”
“I know to shut up when I don't know what I'm talking about.”
“We need our HBCUs. The youth need our HBCUs. The elders need our HBCUs.”
“My journey is not to be a star but to become as aware a person as possible.”
“My animation work is a major source of pride for me.”
“I'm really fascinated by the moon.”
“If anybody knows how to be friends, it's black women. We have been enslaved and had to care for each other and each other's babies and pick each other up in so many powerful ways. We know to take care of each other, we know how to be friends.”
“I was in the 4th grade, and one day I didn't want to be in class. My father had just gotten a new Harley-Davidson, and he came and took me out of class. He said it was too beautiful to be indoors, so we stayed out all day.”
“I guess when you come from a supportive family they always expect the best of you.”
“My imagination works well because I didn't have a boob tube for a baby-sitter.”
“When you hang out with yourself, you learn to keep yourself in check.”
“I don't know a single black girl who's carefree because it ain't easy being a girl of color, period. God, I wish we were carefree.”
“Art is a gift and if nobody hears it, that doesn't make it any less of a gift.”