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" When I was growing up, I only saw really brown people on 'The Cosby Show,' and they were rich, and their parents were doctors. It wasn't like my home. "

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" I loved her music and the fact that she was a classically trained pianist and that her voice was so unique, but what made Nina Simone my hero is that I had never seen anyone in the public eye who looked anything like me at all, ever. "

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

" This celebrity culture that hypnotizes people into thinking a person is literally not real because you see them on television is a spell the watcher him- or herself must break. "

" I write about my experiences, so a lot of times, I do write about people. "

" For me, the healing process starts with graciousness and forgiveness. "

" I had been on what seemed to be a hiatus to the outside world, but I was actually working very hard on my health, my emotional health, and my business. "

" I made a conscious decision when I was recording 'Acoustic Soul' to - and this is one of my mantras - follow the music and let the chips fall where they may. "

" I've spent my entire life trying to figure out why I was different than everybody else. Why is my voice so deep? Why am I so muscular? "

" I hope that the things that I sing about will be an inspiration for people to be original. "

" Now that I have better producer chops, a country album is something I want to do one day. I don't know who's going to put it out. But when I do, I don't think people will call it 'country music.' They'll probably call it 'neo-soul.' "

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

" 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 didn't even listen to Bob Marley until I was 17. "

" 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. "

" It's not my place to say how Zoe Saldana perceives herself, and I can't say how anybody else perceives her, either. I see her as a black person of Hispanic origin, but I don't even know what that really means, because I don't know anything about race and Hispanic culture. "

" For the first ten years of my career, I felt suffocated. People constantly stood over me while I tried to create. And in 2009, I hit rock bottom. I couldn't find myself because I was looking to be defined by the music industry or by being number one on the Billboard charts. "

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

" When someone is themselves through their music, it's soul music. James Taylor is soul music to me 'cause it's just him talking about him. It doesn't have anything to do with black or growing up in the church; it's where it comes from. It's just soul music. "

" If I don't have the right clothes, I feel weird walking out; I don't feel comfortable in what I have on. I have different colors that I want to wear on different days because it makes me feel different. "

" 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. "

" I always have something by Stevie Wonder in my CD player. "

" The thought crossed my mind about not wanting to alienate my fan base, but I don't know what would alienate them or bring them in, so I decided not to think about it. "

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

" I am on an album with theater icon Billy Porter called the 'Soul of Richard Rodgers.' Our duet is called 'Carefully Taught.' "

" 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. "

" Obviously, I've been heartbroken. We all know what that feels like. "

" I'm actually not a fan of the word 'woke.' I think the connotation of that means being socially aware, which is a beautiful thing to be. But it does not take into account being self-aware. "

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

" 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. "

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