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" 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. "

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Wish

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" I'm thankful that my daughter's father has allowed me to do what I do because that really makes a difference. I do believe a woman can have it all. "

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Daughter

Thankful

" 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

Know

" 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. "

" Kanye and I spoke of working together and started an idea that we didn't get to finish. "

" I understand it for marketing purposes, but I've always hated defining myself with a genre. Nothing feels broad enough. "

" 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. "

" I think it's possible to be a great mother and have a successful career. I like that more women are doing this. "

" '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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Musically

Sensual

" E-40 is another person I love working with because he is so entertaining. "

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Person

Because

" 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 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. "

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Morning

Night

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" 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.' "

" 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. "

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

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Excited

New

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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

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

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

" Whenever I have short ,it's important for me to be inspired by people with short hair. "

" 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. "

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See

People

" 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. "