My mother was the first singer I had contact with. She sang constantly to us around the house, in church.

My mother was the first singer I had contact with. She sang constantly to us around the house, in church.

No one makes me do anything I don't want to do.

When the night falls, my lonely heart calls.

Being around people like Aretha Franklin and Gladys Knight, Dionne Warwick and Roberta Flack, all these greats, I was taught to listen and observe.

I would stay in my room for days, for days at times, just trying to get it together, to know what my next phase was going to be.

What's in your soul is in your soul.