Now my record deal helps me to do things for free or give more time to my community than I could otherwise.

I think giving is a blind act that should come from a part of me that sees no discrimination (that's why I called it "blind").

My favorite jewelry, it's just what I'm feeling at the time.

I have the ability to sing with emotion and feeling, but if you say I sound like Billie Holiday, that's cool. Let's look at who Billie was: she was this person, this singer, this beautiful diva who could move the audience with the slightest gesture of her hand.

I bring the staple of my culture.

Peace and Blessings manifest with every lesson learned. If your knowledge were your wealth then it would be well earned.

I know that I want to concentrate more on my inside-pretty than my outside-pretty, because thats gonna go away. But if your inside is beautiful, it never wears away. The light always shows on the outside if you are striving to be good inside.