I am a huge Prince fan. It's a very rare thing for him to have people open for him. It's been the Time and Sheila E., and that's about it. Building a relationship with him has been like a dream come true. I've been looking for a mentor, and I feel like I have that in him.

Our minds do understand that people of all races find genuine love in many places. We dig that the world is full of amazing options.

Sometimes I felt as a writer I was purging, and it almost hurt to purge to that level. Now it doesn't feel that way, maybe because I'm older. Maybe life has given me some punches, but it didn't knock me down.

There's a certain level of realness in Philly. You know, just - people are people. You know, it doesn't matter who you are or who you think you are, you're just a person in Philly.

A woman is more than the sum of her parts.

When I sing, I have to live in that moment, so my audience can feel that. That is my reason for doing art.

Music shouldn't be a chore or feel like any kind of burden.