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" As my face got cleaner, my relationships got cleaner. "
Andra Day
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" As a singer, if I'm in a room that is too cold, I kind of freak out, so I actually like the humidity, and I love the heat. "
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" I'm grateful and enjoying the ride. "
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" I gleaned different style ideas over the years. In Southern California, there is a big rockabilly sub-culture. So when I would go to car shows, I would see women dressed like this. I had a teacher in high school that always had her Bette Paige bangs. "
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" I think gratitude is a big thing. It puts you in a place where you're humble. "
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" I loved Lauryn Hill; I loved the Fugees. "
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" I was heavily influenced by big voices when I was younger. People like Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, and Patti Labelle really spoke to me. When I got older, I was into Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, and Lauryn Hill, but it wasn't until I started working with a voice coach that I really dove into jazz music. "
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" Musically, I try not to box things in. I try to just play around this spectrum of influences: soul, jazz, and hip-hop. "
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" I like very, very dramatic eyeliner: I take it all the way out to my eyebrows. "
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" I decided to see how my voice sounds on different type of records. So I did Eminem and the Biggie, Florence and the Machine, and Muse covers. A couple of them just came from some jam sessions between me and my sister in her bedroom at my father's house in San Diego. "
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" I want people to know my truth. Unconditional love of God and each other. "
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" Whichever chord progressions move me, whether it's rock, jazz, doo-wop or soul, I'm going to put it together and not be worried about whether people can put it in a lane or not. "
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" I always felt more comfortable with a full face of makeup. "
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" My faith was eventually what helped me face myself, tell the truth about everything I had done, face criticism, cope with guilt, pain, and grow from all of it. "
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" I'm inherently a chameleon... to not evolve is to not live. "
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" The visuals are equally as important as the music. It's all a complete experience. "
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" The album 'Cheers to the Fall' is really kind of me breaking out and being like, 'Listen, I don't care about criticism, and I don't care about possibility of failure. I'm going to do it. And if I do fail, well then, here's to it.' "
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" Soul music is true to its name. It's music that connects to your soul, your spirit. When music resonates with people's spirit like that, when people can emotionally connect with something or it helps to heal them, transform them, that never goes out of style. People will always need something to relate to. "
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" I like things that are over the top and subtle at the same time. "
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" I'm not going to put myself in a box. "
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" I am happy that I can challenge myself in various fields. "
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" I tell people all the time - I'm a very spiritual person, so I pray over everything that I do including creating music, a new song. "
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Song
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" I'm very particular but very thrifty at the same time. "
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" It's hard to remember my childhood without remembering music. "
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" My style icons are Lucille Ball for her bouffant hair and all the updos, James Dean for his rockabilly style - the denim and rolled-up T-shirt thing. And I am also inspired by Dita Von Teese and Gwen Stefani. Their style is retro, but it's still very feminine at the same time. "
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