Music is funny. I shouldn't even ever talk about music, because you can have all the ideas in your head, and it never goes exactly the way that you think it's gonna go.

You just can't take a day for granted. We had to work really hard for anything, and so that's been instilled in me. And I don't look at myself as better than anybody else, because in an instant everything can change.

Stevie Wonder's records introduced me to '70s soul when I was 12 or 13.

I really like to live my life in a low-key fashion.

The climate of today is not really focused as much as it was then on being able to speak about different cultural issues or different situations that were going on politically.

I'm very blessed to have a phenomenal husband, son, and beautiful family and friends around me.

It's important for everyone - working moms especially - to find moments to ground themselves and connect with their own breath.