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" When I look half naked on stage, it's not because I'm trying to be sexy but because I am dancing and want to be mobile enough to move. "

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

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" 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.' "

" There's always going to be a fight between mainstream and underground because the mainstream is a very small bubble, and the underground scene is a very small bubble, and they both see themselves as secret societies. But I never saw it that way. I always thought music was open to all things. "

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

" 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 don't take myself too seriously. "

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

" I'm okay with being the oddball. "

" R&B needs to see a new light. It doesn't have to be pigeonholed. "

" I've grown so much in the music industry. From 'GoldenHeart,' it was just about me and the music and me in this dream. With 'BlackHeart,' its more about me and who I am and what role I play in my own life and in the business. "

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

" I did write more mainstream stuff with DK. But you could always tell the records that I wrote in contrast with everybody else's because the format was a bit different. The harmonies were used in a different type of way. Way more metaphors in the mix. "

" 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.' "

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

" '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. "

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

" I just want to be a storyteller, and I think the way to do that is by your lyrics, by your visuals, by your choreography, by your dance. It's imperative as an artist. "

" It's always interesting when you're doing things yourself - getting the lighting, getting everybody together. It's exciting. "

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" I believe I am standing firm as a black woman in this industry in a time that it is hard as an artist period. "

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" I think, my entire life, I was a bit different. And I didn't think I was different; I just kinda always stuck out. "