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" I love what a women embodies. I love our bodies; I love the way we communicate with our bodies. I love the way dance creates movement. It's art in motion. "

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" I like being in charge. I like being able to control my own destiny and ideas. "

" I always knew who I was, but everyone else wanted to me to be their 'idea' of the 'right' artist. At times, I even believed them. "

" I lived in the library with my grandmother as a child. I still love the smell of books; the library card is still my friend. "

" My father's music is all I remember from my childhood. "

" The problem with Danity Kane is everybody wanted to play everybody's role, and when you're in a group like that, that can't survive. "

" I'd only do a deal with a label if it allowed me to still be indie and have that indie mentality. I have to have creative control. "

" I always treat shows as though they could belong on either platform. I always design it for the bigger stage, but I love it on the smaller stage. "

" I come from an era where lyrics were full of imagery and metaphor, and that's all I know. I think people miss that. "

" Music and dance is part of everything in New Orleans. So I grew up appreciating it all. "

" Originally, I was set on going to Hawaii Pacific University. We visited the campus in Hawaii. I was gonna be a Rainbow Warrior. I was gonna play softball. I was gonna major in marine biology. Everything was set. Then my dad was like, 'So you're not gonna do music? If you do go to Hawaii, there's no studios there, baby girl.' "

" You don't need validation from other people. You've gotta find it within yourself and sit in it and roll with it. "

" I don't really feel there's rules in my everyday wear. I kind of do whatever the hell I want to do. "

" I'm not mainstream. You gotta find me. "

" Hair pieces and head dresses have always been something that's been part of my culture. "

" I had always had an affinity for series in literature, and I thought it would be really cool to incorporate what I loved about books into the story of music, to pile it together. "

" 'Redemption' sounds like a jubilee. Like a second line, if you will. "

" Instagram is just something I like to do. I feel it's the best way to portray who you are. "

" I got in the audition line called 'Making the Band' because I wanted to be in a band. If I didn't, I would have done 'American Idol.' "

" You have to put time into the art to do it, and you have to know that what you'll get out of it is not a financial or a fame thing. It'll just be the pleasure of being an artist. And I'm cool with that. "

" There's definitely that tribal Africana thing going on in my sound. It's that marching band, second-line music, that Creole-influence in the kick, and the snare that drives everything for me. I think it's really what's separated my sound from a lot of the R&B and pop music out there. "

" Dreams rise like the sun and set like the sun: One minute, it is high and bright; the next minute, you might lose it. "

" 'Armor On' explains why I needed armor in the first place. Sonically, you'll hear this battle of, 'I love you, no I don't. I love you, I hate you.' That's what you'll feel. You see the story kind of fight against itself. "

" I really got back to my New Orleans roots - my grandfather played with Fats Domino. We had to leave after Katrina, but I feel like, spiritually, I'm back there. "

" When I get inspired, I give out free music. If you look at my track record from the beginning, that's always what I've done. I've never changed. "

" My music speaks of warriors. It speaks of women being kings and this sense of pride of being more, even though you have less. "

" When you see what you really are, good or bad, there is a fearlessness to understanding your purpose. "

" I had no idea that what I thought was my low wasn't really my low. That's what a lot of people think - then life reminds them, 'No, there's lower.' "

" People want to peg you as alternative R&B when they hear soul or see the color of your skin. It's comfortable when people see artists of color or artists that come from a different country to put that brand on us. It's just not as linear as that. "