The album ['A Seat at the Table'] really feels like storytelling for us all and our family and our lineage.
Singing is something I've always loved - I'm not sure what I would do without it!
The more you learn, I think the more you realise who you are and what you want and what you believe and what you want to be and where you want to end up.
You can grow flowers from where dirt use to be.
Just because you have political beliefs or feminist beliefs, you don't have to like everybody, you don't have to like everything.
Jealousy is not a nice feeling, I hate feeling jealous. But if you can admit it and laugh at yourself, then that's a good way of dealing with your feelings.
People don't know how to deal with stress and depression, so they're nasty to other people because it makes them feel better about themselves.
Often, the stories are very much like trust falls. You fall, and you hope the story's going to catch you.
I was feeling a bit down, I went to a therapist a few times, at a hundred bucks a pop. But then I realized that no therapy session would ever cheer me up half as much as if I was just strolling along and found a hundred dollar bill.
You know what? I didn't mess up about Paul Revere. . . In a shout-out, gotcha type of question that was asked of me, I answered candidly. And I know my American history.
Next thing you know they'll take your thoughts away.