“I don’t make music for eyes. I make music for ears.”

I’m really happy to be me, and I’d like to think people like me more because I’m happy with myself and not because I refuse to conform to anything.

The focus on my appearance has really surprised me. I’ve always been a size 14 to 16, I don’t care about clothes, I’d rather spend my money on cigarettes and booze.

I have insecurities of course, but I don’t hang out with anyone who points them out to me.

I love a card. You know, cards? At birthdays? I collect them.

People are starting to go on about my weight but I’m not going to change my size because they don’t like the way I look.

I’m a big personality. I walk into a room, big and tall and loud.

I can’t dance to save my life.

No matter how long we’re here. Life is constant and complicated at times. I’ve changed drastically in the last couple of years and I’m still changing and that’s okay.

Music filling up my heart with so much joy and sadness.

Be kind to yourself, we’re only human, go slow, put your phone down and laugh out loud at every opportunity.

I hope I’m defined by my input to the world, my ability to love, and to have empathy.

A good life is a hard life.

Anyone who has any kind of capacity to truly let go and give into yourself with any kind of desire to hold on for dear life.

I am solely responsible for my own joy, happiness and freedom!

The most influential people in my life have always been women. My family, my friends, my teachers, my colleagues, and my idols.

I love my friends so much.

If you lower the ambient noise of your life and listen expectantly for those whispers of God, your ears will hear them. And when you follow their lead, your world will be rocked.

Tomorrow the world is not the same as today, though God listens with the same ear.

The paramedic whispered in my ear ‘God will never leave you or forsake you.’

He who has ears for hearing, let him listen

Most black singers like to slow the word down and, and go directly to your heart. They’re not interested in your ears, we just want to go directly to your heart.

I’m about five inches from being an outstanding golfer. That’s the distance my left ear is from my right.

It is less dishonor to hear imperfectly than to speak imperfectly. The ears are excused; the understanding is not.

You live your life between your ears.