It didn't matter as much because I'm a singer, not an actress, but my face is more acceptable in a way now than when I first came on the scene, because I'm part black.

We went to see all the shows. American musical theater and jazz were very big.

I'm still more comfortable with standards than with my own songs.

The models for me were more the folk-rock singers of the '60s and '70s.

Worrying too much about other people's ears and not my own, I lost my way.

Anticipation is making me late, it's keeping me waiting.

One of the things that has always motivated me to write is the desire to get it out and look at it in an objective way, so that it doesn't cause me any serious pain by staying inside.