What did not demolish me simply polished me..

What tried to demolish me, I allowed to polish me..

I was born in love with music. My mother is a singer, many of my aunts and uncles on my mother's side are musical, my grandparents sang and played bl….

When I perform, I'm just very much just being myself..

When it comes down to the song writing, I'm just very slow - very slow. Because the songs are about my life, so I'm doing emotional work on myself. A….

I'm African American, I'm a lot of other things, a musician and an artist. But that woman part holds the most pain for me. And therefore, obviously, ….

When I think about the cause I'm most passionate about, it's all in my music all the time, because I'm always singing about the empowerment of women.….

I'm just in that stage where I pray for God to show me how I can be effective in the world and things come up and I go. But I have yet to really dig ….

You hear people sing songs about when they really can't stand anyone anymore or you hear people sing songs about when they really love someone and th….

I heard a voice that told me I'm essential. How all my fears are limiting my potential. Said it's time to step into the light and use every bit of po….

Everybody has their own path. I got mine..

I think it's OK that everyone's not real heavy and wordy and heady..

I do experiment with lots of different genres. In making music, I don't think of genre like, "I want to do this, because I'm going use that country m….

Over the years, I was doing what I loved to do, which is my music. But it was always a bit distorted, because I was doing the music in the way other ….

The truth, it needs no proof. Either it is or it isn't..

Either you're a hater or a lover..

In reality, on the grand scale, in my opinion... we are actually all responsible for each other..

If you give me half a chance. I'll prove this to you. I will be patient, kind, faithful and true..

You know how people are becoming sexually active way too early because they think it's going to be like it is in the movies. And people are not aware….

I do all the things that singer-songwriters do. I introduce the songs, I have a story to tell about everything all the time - I cannot be on stage an….

I will be patient, kind, faithful and true To a man who loves music a man who loves art Respect's the spirit world and thinks with his heart.