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I Have My Mother Who Is An Irish-italian, And My Father Who Is African, So I Have The Taste Buds Of An Italian And The Spice Of An African.

When I Perform In Front Of Large Audiences, I'm Much More Comfortable, Because I've Already Performed In Front Of Tiny Audiences - Which Is Much Harder, Honestly. The Smaller You Strip Things Down, The More You Depend On The Songs And Yourself, As Opposed To Arrangements.

Business Can Change You, And Chew You Up, And Spit You Out, And Be Rid Of You, And On To The Next Thing. That's Why It's So Important To Know Who You Are And Stand Up For Something.

Risk The Fall To Know How It Feels To Fly.

My Mixed-race Background Made Me A Broad Person, Able To Relate To Different Cultures. But Any Woman Of Colour, Even A Mixed Colour, Is Seen As Black In America. So That's How I Regard Myself.