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.

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

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

My father had all kinds of instruments in the house that he would hide from my mother. He bought them through mail order!

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

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