There's always a story in music, and it's expressed through my music.

If love found me it can surely find you. I ain't even got one sad tear left in me.

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.

I'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.

There's always a story in music, and it's expressed through my music.

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.

Be careful of who and what you let into your space. Not everyone is worthy of your presence.