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" I feel, in my live shows, I can be as dynamic as I want. It's my comfort zone. When I get in the studio, it's more of a solitary experience, which can be good creatively. "

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" Good soul music should make you feel something in your heart, in your body, and in your spirit. That's what I try to do both in the studio and on stage. "

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Soul

Body

Good

" I wanted it to be back to a state where it felt like it was thriving, so I think that my hair's happiest natural, and there's that hairstyle for everyone where you feel like, 'My hair is agreeing with this,' so I just cut it off recently again, and I'm going back natural. "

" I enjoy being able to do different kinds of music, not just to be eclectic but because those are all a part of me. "

" I've experienced a lot of creative freedom because I'm on a family label. It was nice to put out what I wanted to say and do what I wanted to do. "

" Mos is a true artist who has a story to tell and gives back through his music. He remixed my song 'Different' in 2005, and the song we're working on now will be one of my future projects. "

" I understand it for marketing purposes, but I've always hated defining myself with a genre. Nothing feels broad enough. "

" Overall, I just wanted to release music that would take people through life's different emotions. "

" Even if a song has shallow lyrics, there's something that you feel, regardless of what their lyrics are. "

" Instagram is a personal subscription. It's like your own personal magazine. It's like doing a photo shoot for no money, which is cool. "

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Doing

Cool

" I'm thankful that my daughter's father has allowed me to do what I do because that really makes a difference. I do believe a woman can have it all. "

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Daughter

Thankful

" I believe in reflecting honesty and reflecting reality in my music and making music that touches people emotionally - music that can bring us together. "

" Africa doesn't look like it's changed that much to me since I first went in '94. There is still a major economic divide, but the rights of Africans have changed and progressed. "

" I didn't want to be taken advantage of and burnt out in the industry. I worked with my family really closely, so I was able to get that respect in the industry. So now I feel that I can let my guard down. People know who I am; I can be myself. I can be more versatile, and I can wear what I want. "

" I believe, as artists, I do think we have a responsibility, and there's also a place for a lot of different artists. It is nice when music captures the honesty of the time but also what we're going through in that moment. "

" Women, goals, empowerment, well-being, and women's health has always been important to me. "

" I want to create a different kind of legacy. "

" I'd been doing shows, but I slowed down because I had a daughter and got to spend some time having more of a family life. "

" I did struggle with what I want to say socially, but it's important to reflect where I'm at mentally. "

" 'Break of Dawn,' musically, is still soulful and eclectic, but I think I opened up a little bit more vocally. It's a little more intimate. It's a little more sensual than before - and pensive. "

Goapele

Musically

Sensual

" In high school, I started training, singing with choirs, and getting voice lessons and doing a lot of creative writing and decided that that's really what I wanted to pursue as a career, and that's what I was going to study. "

" I want people to feel inspired. I want people to feel good. I want people to feel something. I want people to strive for what they want in their life, and I want them to heal from anything that's hurting them. "

" Kanye and I spoke of working together and started an idea that we didn't get to finish. "

" When I'm singing, I can see so many people, and I can see their response and everything. And being somewhere like the Hollywood Bowl, I'm seeing those immediate people in front of me, but other than that, it's just dots, and I'm just imagining who's out there and imagining their responses. "

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See

People

" I wash and moisturize my face in the morning and at night. If I have a show, I may even wash before and after the show. I never go to sleep with makeup on my face. At the minimum, I'm at least going to use makeup wipes to take my makeup off. "

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Morning

Night

" When I first was putting out music, I was like, 'I don't want to be overly sexy or do too much with the imaging or show too much skin, and I want to make sure my lyrics are balanced.' "

" There are some parents who always have their daughter's hair whipped. Mine wasn't always like that, but I appreciate that both my parents were into me having natural hair, so they did find Anota Scott, who I was going to for my cornrows and wrapping last year and a couple years before that. "

" I feel happy with myself when I go to the steam room and steam my face. But truth be told, my ultimate beauty indulgence is lip balm - I can't go an hour without lip balm. "

" Sometimes it's isolating, but just being in the music industry that is just dominated by men, I think it means I have to be comfortable and confident in myself and not really care that people think I'm bossy and opinionated and also try and balance that energy. "

" As I get older, my perspective changes, and I just see how relationships aren't always what they appear to be. It's one of those sad but true things. We can see sometimes when people are becoming distant in all the things that create breaking apart, as painful as it is, and at the same time, still appreciating that person. "

" TV is something that I've been interested in for a while. It's a new experience, but I'm excited about it. "

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Excited

New