My third mother is my paternal grandmother. Her name is Viola. She gave me my sense of knowing why, or knowing why it was important to ask why. She made me understand that I don't have to believe everything I hear.

I grew up with all mothers, all women. I come from a long line of matriarchs, very strong women.

I love being an entertainer - not really fond of being a celebrity.

In the morning, instead of saying to yourself, ‘I got to wake up’ say ‘I get to wake up!’

I think people who vibrate at the same frequency, vibrate toward each other. They call it - in science - sympathetic vibrations.

You don't have to believe everything you think.

The kind of music or the kind of arrangements that I do, the kind of musicians I choose, is just what I like to hear.