I love drag queens... they perform me better than I ever could myself.
I have always loved Ed Norton and Ryan Gosling. Also Julianne Moore and Cate Blanchett.
To me, it was about finding new opportunities. I know my voice touches people. It has for years. I can't give that up.
By the second tour I had rice cakes and hummus with me, and I was jumping rope in my room.
I feel I am blessed that I have found my stride and relaxed into my life's purpose.
Did people think I sounded black? Totally, but that was a marketing tool as well, but also this is how I grew up and these are my influences.