I think a lot of people have lost respect for the individual, you know, the individual, the person who doesn't conform.

I think the job of an artist is to be honest and fearless.

The girls just like to be in the shoes. They like to scuff up the floors and walk around in high-heeled shoes that are too big for them, all over the house.

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.

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.

All the women in my family were very creative.

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.