Sing what I want to sing. Be how I want to be. Reach as big an audience as I can. Isn’t that what art is meant to do?
Great singing comes from three places. The head, the heart, and the gut. [to Whitney]
Every song is a story. If it’s not a story, it’s not a song.
To sing with the gods, sometimes you need a ladder. [to Clive]
My whole life, “she ain’t black enough. She ain’t white enough.” Well, how about, “she’s not obedient enough”? How about, “she ain’t fearful enough”?
Music is not a color to me. It has no boundaries.
It’s about love. The things we do to get it, and the things we do to keep it.
I have to believe in what the song is saying if I’m gonna sing it right.[to Clive]
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I don’t know how to sing black, and I don’t know how to sing white either. I know how to sing.
God gives you a gift, you got to use it right. [to Whitney]
