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

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

My grandmother sang, too, and she was really loud. It was this wild kind of singing. I count her among my influences.

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

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

I'm always imagining some sort of story behind the song, even the ones I haven't written. I'm actively engaging in playacting.

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