You can't make everybody love what you do, but you can know how great you feel doing it.

No matter how great we get with digital formats of instrumentation, nothing really quite duplicates the real thing

There are certain people who have become better artists, but they're brilliant at marketing. I think someone who's been phenomenal like that is Madonna.

I still get butterflies. It's because there's a certain level of responsibility you carry when doing a concert. You've got to sound at least as good as the record.

One song will launch you, but you don't want to be a one-song artist

Said I loved you but I lied, cause this is more than love I feel inside.

Black music has increased my enjoyment of what I do. It has increased my range, my ability to reach into myself and accept myself.