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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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" 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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" That's why I loved Dinah Washington. She sung jazz, but they called her the Queen of the Blues. She had the control and sophistication of jazz in her note selection and how to attack a song or certain lines, but then attacked it with a painful force of blues behind it. That's why I admired her so much, because of that versatility. "

" I'm very particular but very thrifty at the same time. "

" I think gratitude is a big thing. It puts you in a place where you're humble. "

" I am happy that I can challenge myself in various fields. "

" I like very, very dramatic eyeliner: I take it all the way out to my eyebrows. "

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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. "

" I want people to know my truth. Unconditional love of God and each other. "

" It's hard to remember my childhood without remembering music. "

" 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. "

" I always felt more comfortable with a full face of makeup. "

" Musically, I try not to box things in. I try to just play around this spectrum of influences: soul, jazz, and hip-hop. "

" I like things that are over the top and subtle at the same time. "

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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'm not going to put myself in a box. "

" I loved Lauryn Hill; I loved the Fugees. "

" As my face got cleaner, my relationships got cleaner. "

" I'm inherently a chameleon... to not evolve is to not live. "

" 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. "

" 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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" 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. "

" 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. "

" The visuals are equally as important as the music. It's all a complete experience. "

" I'm grateful and enjoying the ride. "