Where I come from, if you see your family and friends' civil rights being taken away, you speak up and do everything you can to keep that from happening!

My music is about a joyful experience. I've learned that if you can affect other people, you should.

I get the greatest feeling when I'm singing. It's other-worldly. Your feet are anchored into the Earth and into this energy force that comes up through your feet and goes up the top of your head and maybe you're holding hands with the angels or the stars, I have no idea.

My mother said I was a little odd as a kid. I was alone a lot, but I didn't feel alone.

I knew Queen Elizabeth didn't do any laundry! I knew I wasn't going to be doing laundry. I was going to be singing.

Just like I am obsessed with the history of fashion, I love reading about the history of makeup.

Music, in its higher state, for me, is worth living and dying for. It's worth traipsing around the globe, it's worth the accolades and the other side of the accolades...I always have sung to the angels and the higher parts of people's souls.