American - Musician | October 3, 1975 -
The subconscious doesn't distinguish sarcasm and jokes. It just accepts what it hears. That's the power of words.
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I like Brandy a lot. She's a vocal prodigy.
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You need to take care of you and fortify yourself and then move out to take care of others.
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I've never said anything that I didn't want to say on a record, ever.
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In hindsight, I feel like I made the right decision to choose production that would get played on black radio.
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Sound is energy, and that energy resonates with your energy. And it gives you a certain feeling.
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I don't want the world to get any worse. I want to make it better.
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I want to always be classy and honest, and I always want to have fun with music, and if I can't really express who I am through my music, then it's not really fun anymore.
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'Open Door' was a world music project and bilingual. It was in Hebrew and English, and it's great. I do think it's really beautiful. But it's very emotional and very dark - in a good way.
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Just like the air you breathe or the water you drink, music shapes you. The trouble is, most people don't use it to spread love and healing. But I think music can make a social contribution if you're responsible with it.
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For the first ten years of my career, I felt suffocated. People constantly stood over me while I tried to create. And in 2009, I hit rock bottom. I couldn't find myself because I was looking to be defined by the music industry or by being number one on the Billboard charts.
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So many people have been abused. It's not rare; it's a very common human experience, and we survive.
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