All the women in my family were very creative.

I started performing at two or three on a tape recorder, one of those little flat recorders where you just push play and record.

My fifth mother is Mother Nature - the things I had to learn on my own, the understanding I had to come to and still have to come to as a young woman, as a responsible mother, a responsible granddaughter and child. She teaches me willpower, honesty, and the things we need to heal ourselves from moment to moment.

Through [my children] patience, they're showing me how much they support what's going on, because I'm having to do a lot of work right now.

My second mother is my maternal grandmother. Her name is Thelma. She also gave me a very powerful medicine; she made sure that I knew my role as a young lady and as someone with moral structures and principles. She taught me that if I was going to be involved with anything, whether it be spirituality, music, or some skill, that I have to practice.

I think what makes people think that is because of things people write. It really doesn't have anything to do with the artist.

My nine-year-old daughter is very creative and colorful and trendy.