I felt sidelined by the industry, by the preoccupation with finding something newer, younger.

My father was strict, but he recognised my ability and got a lot of flak from the church for supporting me.

Boy, you better pray that I bleed real soon.

For a song cycle to work, you have to feel these things when you hear them and you either have an emotional reaction to it or you don't. The plotline is something that gets woven together in the backstory.

I would love to compose something for dance before I kick the bucket, and I'm not closed-minded about the dance, or the dance company.

The world that we all knew before, could wake up in feeling safe, ... now it seems that everything has been turned upside down.

Womanhood is a whole different thing from girlhood. Girlhood is a gift...Womanhood is a choice.