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" E-40 is another person I love working with because he is so entertaining. "
Goapele
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" I think police brutality has been going on since - I don't know - ever since I can remember and, you know, hearing about it in my childhood. "
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Remember
" 'Break of Dawn,' musically, is still soulful and eclectic, but I think I opened up a little bit more vocally. It's a little more intimate. It's a little more sensual than before - and pensive. "
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More
Musically
Sensual
" Sometimes I'm just like, 'I cannot hold onto this anymore,' and it's time to say something. And at the end of the day, I've just got to let it go and be true to myself. Whatever comes out comes out. "
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Day
Time
End
" I say that I do soul, R&B music. I have so many influences, from Billie Holiday, Nina Simone to Stevie Wonder and Prince and even Al Green and Bjork. And a lot of hip hop music has influenced me a lot - you know - De La Soul and Digital Underground and A Tribe Called Quest. "
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Music
Me
Know
" I'd been doing shows, but I slowed down because I had a daughter and got to spend some time having more of a family life. "
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Time
Life
Got
" I did a track with Khao, out of Atlanta, who's worked with T.I. Did a track with Maylay, who did a lot with John Legend's album. I got in the studio with Kanye West; we did a song. The dedication for the career takes a lot of work, but if you love it, it's worth it. "
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Song
Legend
Love
" Kanye and I spoke of working together and started an idea that we didn't get to finish. "
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Together
Idea
Finish
" I tend to write a lot of love songs, but I always want there to be something real and authentic that people can connect to, and I want to not just do it in a stereotypical way. "
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Always
People
Real
" I understand it for marketing purposes, but I've always hated defining myself with a genre. Nothing feels broad enough. "
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Enough
Nothing
Understand
" It's always liberating to feel like I'm changing my hair and know that my fans are supporting that. I like to feel like I'm really expressing myself, and when people embrace it, it feels like an authentic connection. "
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People
Hair
Connection
" In high school, I started training, singing with choirs, and getting voice lessons and doing a lot of creative writing and decided that that's really what I wanted to pursue as a career, and that's what I was going to study. "
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Writing
Training
School
" Sometimes it's isolating, but just being in the music industry that is just dominated by men, I think it means I have to be comfortable and confident in myself and not really care that people think I'm bossy and opinionated and also try and balance that energy. "
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People
Balance
Men
" Overall, I just wanted to release music that would take people through life's different emotions. "
Goapele
Life
People
Music
" How I started my musical career, officially, was really, like, my family and I deciding to put out, you know, the 'Closer' album that started really small, you know, with a vision that we'd make it pass there. "
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You
Vision
Small
" Instagram is a personal subscription. It's like your own personal magazine. It's like doing a photo shoot for no money, which is cool. "
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Like
Doing
Cool
" I feel, in my live shows, I can be as dynamic as I want. It's my comfort zone. When I get in the studio, it's more of a solitary experience, which can be good creatively. "
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Good
Live
Experience
" I want to create a different kind of legacy. "
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Legacy
Want
Create
" As I get older, my perspective changes, and I just see how relationships aren't always what they appear to be. It's one of those sad but true things. We can see sometimes when people are becoming distant in all the things that create breaking apart, as painful as it is, and at the same time, still appreciating that person. "
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Time
Changes
People
" I want people to feel inspired. I want people to feel good. I want people to feel something. I want people to strive for what they want in their life, and I want them to heal from anything that's hurting them. "
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Feel
Life
Feel Good
" Africa doesn't look like it's changed that much to me since I first went in '94. There is still a major economic divide, but the rights of Africans have changed and progressed. "
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Rights
Look
Africa
" I've experienced a lot of creative freedom because I'm on a family label. It was nice to put out what I wanted to say and do what I wanted to do. "
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Say
Creative
Family
" I think it's okay to be vulnerable and ask for support when you need it. It's something more women have to do because it's not easy. "
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Women
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Think
" I believe, as artists, I do think we have a responsibility, and there's also a place for a lot of different artists. It is nice when music captures the honesty of the time but also what we're going through in that moment. "
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Honesty
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Time
" I have a lot of family in South Africa, but I grew up in California. I feel like my name keeps me connected to a long line of people that have been through a heck of a lot. It reminds me to stay grateful, and it reminds me to try and step my game up if I'm slacking. "
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Family
Grateful
Me
" When I feel better looking in the mirror, it makes me feel more uplifted. I feel like what that image has been has shifted in different ways, and that's probably why I'm always changing: because I start getting bored, and I don't like feeling locked into anything. "
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Me
Better
Feel
" There were a lot of anti-apartheid rallies and marches and concerts that we would go to as a family. And music was a big part of that. It was never just the politics. "
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Big
Never
Family
" I don't wear that much makeup. I'll do a little concealer here and there and apply some mascara. It just depends on how I'm feeling that day, but I try and go days without makeup just because I think it's healthier for skin to breathe. "
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Makeup
Skin
Think
" I did struggle with what I want to say socially, but it's important to reflect where I'm at mentally. "
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Struggle
Want
Reflect
" Whenever I have short ,it's important for me to be inspired by people with short hair. "
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Short
People
Hair
" I'm extremely proud I was born and raised in the Bay Area and loved representing Oakland. I started recording in the Bay Area and worked with a lot of different producers. But I always wanted to collaborate with different writers and get different perspectives. "
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Different
Born
Always