One day, when I was about eight years old, some kids pushed me on stage at school during a talent show because they knew I could sing.

Whenever somebody tells me they want me to stop singing, I'm gone.

I never sang for a Grammy, for money, for fame. That's my whole purpose for singing: for people, for the fans.

We enjoyed the fact that we were called to the folk festivals and we got to know Joan Baez, Dylan. We were singing strictly gospel, but then after we started hearing songs that they would sing, we saw that those songs were very fitting for us because they were singing the truth, and truth is gospel.

There's still injustice happening in my world. I sing my songs at concerts and I'm so grateful that the people are ready to hear them.

I started writing letters home to my mother, saying that I wanted to come home, grandma won't let me sing.

I won't wear rings and jewelry on the stage because I don't want you looking at my hands. I want you hearing what I'm saying.