I'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.

Know the business you're in for whatever you do, know it and understand how it works so you can be successful.

So 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.

I'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!

I'm everything I'm made of. So a part of me is made of classical music. I'm grateful for it.

I'm known for long colorful locs but I still don't take my hair too seriously. Changing it helps express who I am.

I 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.