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Growing Up In Cleveland, I Learned About Singing From My Mother, Who Had Once Sung Professionally And Who Admired Mahalia Jackson And Aretha Franklin.

I Think It's Important, If You Are An Artist, To Use Your Music To Stand Up For What You Believe In.

Words Don't Come Easily, Like Forgive Me.

As A Child I Always Had A Sense Of Social Conditions And Political Situations. I Think It Had To Do With The Fact That My Mother Was Always Discussing Things With My Sister And Me - Also Because I Read A Lot.

I End Up Writing About All Kinds Of Things. I Never Make An Attempt To Write About Anything In Particular. I Don't Have A Little List Of Topics To Write About.