I cringed when I heard myself described as a Jazz singer. I've always thought of myself as a Jazz vocalist.

Everything I do is collaborative. It's just my way. I'm really very interested in how the other musicians perceive the song.

Miles Davis was doing something inherently African, something that has to do with all forms of American music, not just jazz.

I cringed when I heard myself described as a Jazz singer. I've always thought of myself as a Jazz vocalist.

Being black, I'm involved in the reparations movement. It's focused toward the African-American audience. We could begin to heal.

I'm always looking for ways to develop as a Jazz artist, to find different ways of using my voice.

I was never interested in singing in the church or school. I was more interested in becoming a musician.