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" 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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" I believe in reflecting honesty and reflecting reality in my music and making music that touches people emotionally - music that can bring us together. "

Goapele

Together

People

Bring

" 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. "

" I did struggle with what I want to say socially, but it's important to reflect where I'm at mentally. "

" 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. "

" I care about a lot of social issues, and I care about fashion. "

" Women, goals, empowerment, well-being, and women's health has always been important to me. "

" I think glass has so many different forms. Sometimes it comes off as something so breakable and fragile, but it's amazingly strong. It starts as sand, and it takes on different lives, but it is breakable. "

" 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. "

" I enjoy being able to do different kinds of music, not just to be eclectic but because those are all a part of me. "

" I wash and moisturize my face in the morning and at night. If I have a show, I may even wash before and after the show. I never go to sleep with makeup on my face. At the minimum, I'm at least going to use makeup wipes to take my makeup off. "

Goapele

Morning

Night

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

Goapele

Better

Feel

" When I'm singing, I can see so many people, and I can see their response and everything. And being somewhere like the Hollywood Bowl, I'm seeing those immediate people in front of me, but other than that, it's just dots, and I'm just imagining who's out there and imagining their responses. "

Goapele

See

People

" Overall, I just wanted to release music that would take people through life's different emotions. "

" I feel happy with myself when I go to the steam room and steam my face. But truth be told, my ultimate beauty indulgence is lip balm - I can't go an hour without lip balm. "

" Mos is a true artist who has a story to tell and gives back through his music. He remixed my song 'Different' in 2005, and the song we're working on now will be one of my future projects. "

" 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. "

" TV is something that I've been interested in for a while. It's a new experience, but I'm excited about it. "

Goapele

Excited

New

" I'm looking to immerse myself more in the entertainment community and possibly get into doing some acting. Music is my first love, what I was most naturally drawn to and choose to study. Getting into the acting world is like a new exciting challenge. "

" When I first was putting out music, I was like, 'I don't want to be overly sexy or do too much with the imaging or show too much skin, and I want to make sure my lyrics are balanced.' "

" I want to create a different kind of legacy. "

" Get a good lawyer because sometimes it's hard to understand what you might or might not be agreeing to. "

" 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. "

" There are a lot of classic Goapele tracks that are obviously me. And I'm also just trying to keep evolving and grow as an artist. I've always had a wish list of producers I wanted to work with. I just wait until the feeling is mutual and go into the studio to see what we can come up with. "

Goapele

Grow

Wish

" Even if a song has shallow lyrics, there's something that you feel, regardless of what their lyrics are. "

" Good soul music should make you feel something in your heart, in your body, and in your spirit. That's what I try to do both in the studio and on stage. "

" My hair story has been unique because my mom's a German Jew, so her hair is way different than my hair. She was always learning on my hair growing up, but I would sit there for hours, and she did learn how to braid hair. Early on, it was a lot of tears while my mom was braiding my hair. "