I study a lot of the greats; I study the current people out now and what people are listening to now. I don't shun anything away; I just check it all out and make my own judgment.
LedisiI'm not competing with anyone, or begging someone to love me. I feel like I'm loved and I deserve to be where I am.
LedisiI'm known for long colorful locs but I still don't take my hair too seriously. Changing it helps express who I am.
Ledisiour product will speak for itself if it's that good and your fan base will come and people will want it. Having the right people in your circle is very important to help support that.
LedisiThere ain't a wrong time or a wrong place to flaunt. If you feel good, then go on and show it off!
LedisiI am very proud of Zendaya for standing up for herself, her generation and her ancestors. Her response was classy. Locs are a lifestyle for some and for others an artistic fashion statement..In either case, the images express power, natural beauty, and a boldness that always stands out. It is when you truly spend time with a person that you know who they really are on the inside, and not by what you see on the outside.
LedisiI'm just happy that I'm able to take care of what I need to take care of, live, and do the thing that I love the most and that is to sing. People want to hear it, buy it, see it, hold it, record it, bootleg it. It's fine with me as long as it's good but when it's bad I'm in trouble!
LedisiSo in every sense, from an independent artist to a major label artist, you just have to have great product, great faith and great people, they all go together.
LedisiI love opera so much. I would never go back to doing it, but I love to listen - I'm grateful for it. I studied diction, breathing control, phrasing, why the song means something. You want to bring that across to your listeners.
LedisiJust be open, life is about a constant journey and I'm very spiritual, but I'm also in touch with what's going on around me and who I am, and you have to know yourself. So for me, that's what keeps me going is just being interactive.
LedisiI've had great people come in my life, meaning not just men, but women, support me and empower me. So that has lifted me to be the woman I am.
LedisiI would just listen to the complaints about what I do instead of celebrating what I do, and that I'm different and in my own lane. It took a while for me to just ignore the doubts.
LedisiI'm always doubting because I've been told so much that, you're not the right look or you're not the right sound, and, you know, whether I do jazz or R&B there are always complaints.
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