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?
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”?
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]
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]
