I'm African American, I'm a lot of other things, a musician and an artist. But that woman part holds the most pain for me. And therefore, obviously, the most lessons.

I was born in love with music. My mother is a singer, many of my aunts and uncles on my mother's side are musical, my grandparents sang and played blues piano. It's literally in my blood. My mother wrote an original song to teach me the days of the week.

Go on and love yourself, cause everything's gonna be alright.

Chaos isn't good for your health.

The thing that makes me feel most alive is knowing that there's something that I have to do that I'm afraid of.

If you give me half a chance. I'll prove this to you. I will be patient, kind, faithful and true.

In the quest for fortune and fame...don't forget about the simple things.