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" It was challenging getting myself into the mindset to lose the weight. Once I got there, the weight dropped off quickly. "

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" Basically, I listen to voices. If they write good songs and they can sing, I'll probably like it. "

" I know that I pray a lot, and I take time for myself. "

" When it comes down to the song writing, I'm just very slow - very slow. Because the songs are about my life, so I'm doing emotional work on myself. "

" Every once in a while, I find something that I'm interested in just because of the singing, like the Goo Goo Dolls. "

" The subconscious doesn't distinguish sarcasm and jokes. It just accepts what it hears. That's the power of words. "

" In my opinion, you just have to make the music. Make the music and work as hard as you can to get it out there. "

" There are a lot of men who like women with a brain. "

" I want to always be classy and honest, and I always want to have fun with music, and if I can't really express who I am through my music, then it's not really fun anymore. "

" You need to take care of you and fortify yourself and then move out to take care of others. "

" It's OK to wear white in the wintertime. Do what you want. "

" If we can just focus our attention where it matters, we can effect change. "

" Nina Simone sacrificed so much to be as bold as she was about being black and about being female in an era where that could have cost her life. "

" If I were not a black artist but I was still singing, playing guitar, and singing ballads that are spiritual and cerebral, I'd be easier to market because people accept that from white female singer-songwriters faster. "

" I've always wanted my music to serve a certain purpose. "

" Denying any person their humanity is a game we should all stop playing. "

" Nobody looked like me when I was growing up. None of the kids were as big as me, or as serious as me, or listened to the same music. "

" I am really excited to be partnering with Palmer's Cocoa Butter Formula. Aside from being a longtime fan of their products, they're a family business with a strong ethical foundation, and that makes us a great match. "

" To spread love, healing, peace, and joy is my mission in life - and so I speak up. "

" Joe Sample was one of my heroes. I met him at the Curacao Jazz festival, and I fanned out like he was the Beatles! "

" Everybody has their own path. I got mine. "

" I'm kind of like a folk singer mixed with soul, but I feel like if you really are a lover of hip-hop music, make the beat banging as possible and then put the message in so that people get the honey with the medicine. "

" Neo-soul is really less about a sound than it is about a look, in my opinion. "

" It took me almost wanting to retire to realize that you need to ask for what you need. Everybody needs something different, but whatever it is you need, you need to ask for it and figure out how to get it. "

" Sound is energy, and that energy resonates with your energy. And it gives you a certain feeling. "

" So many people have been abused. It's not rare; it's a very common human experience, and we survive. "

" Why not be a person who is loving towards humankind as a whole and people as individuals? "

" With 'Acoustic Soul,' I saw my music as sparse. But I didn't do that because I was making a commitment to be commercial. That's what made 'Acoustic Soul' so difficult to produce. It took 2 1/2 years because I couldn't figure out what I wanted and still be commercial. "

" In hindsight, I feel like I made the right decision to choose production that would get played on black radio. "

" Our food choices show up on our body. "

" Everything in my music has always been emotionally and spiritually motivated... But after I started doing yoga, the place where I came from changed drastically. "