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.

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

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 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 ain't a wrong time or a wrong place to flaunt. If you feel good, then go on and show it off!

I love energy and people; gosh I love people even when they got on my nerves.

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