All the stars that never were are parking cars and pumping gas.

If you can think it, you can do it

It is frustrating to be a Black woman in the entertainment industry.

We are all here to be a service to those who can't be a service to themselves. We can give people hope and more reasons for being human.

I look at the careers of people I'm standing on the shoulders of. People like Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr., and Sarah Vaughan. These are icons I wanted to emulate, and I feel like they've been holding me up for quite a long time.

The Civil Rights for Musicians Act is about economic justice for African American artists. It's about what's right. And it's about time.

I hold all of the songs that I have had the pleasure of recording and performing in high regard.