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I say everything and I do whatever I want to do. I'm just me. The polished version of me, I suppose, because I have on clothes and makeup. But emotionally, I am very on the surface.

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I do all the things that singer-songwriters do. I introduce the songs, I have a story to tell about everything all the time - I cannot be on stage and have something on my mind without telling the audience. I'm super emotional and expressive and vulnerable in that moment.
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The thing that makes me most vulnerable is romantic relationship.
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Any time someone is passionate about a cause, it's because they want to heal something inside of themselves.
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Anyway, in my performance style, I'm a singer-songwriter. People can call it neo-soul or R&B or whatever. But at the core, when you see me live, I'm a singer-songwriter.
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I'm not the average girl from your video and I ain't built like a supermodel but I learned to love myself unconditionally because i am a queen
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I'm a Libra, I always have two sides of everything.
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Some people just don't like to be their self. I'm always looking, analyzing myself.
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I'm not just making rhymes and making melodies. I'm expressing my true life force, energy.
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I think it's OK that everyone's not real heavy and wordy and heady.
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Tolerance is the seed, and the gift of pure acceptance is the tree
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Everybody has their own path. I got mine.
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The only thing constant in the world is change, that's why today I take life as it comes.
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Beautiful jewelry, a beautiful room - that's what museums are - a beautiful painting, a beautiful face, it makes you feel good to look at, and that's a beautiful thing.
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The truth, it needs no proof. Either it is or it isn't.
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There is no secret, you try and never stop trying. If you have to sleep all day, and get up the next day, you keep trying. If you have to take 3 years away, do it and then come back. But it's all about trying. Not everything will work, but some things will, and you have to try.
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You're beautiful like a flower More valuable than a diamond You are powerful like a fire... There is nothing in the world that you cannot do When you believe in you, who are beautiful Yeah you, who are brilliant Yeah you, who are powerful Yeah you, who are resilient
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I managed because of my mother. I managed because I'm strong. I managed the same way every other abuse survivor survives, you just do. So many people have been abused, it's not rare, it's a very common human experience, and we survive. Also, my music plays a big role in my thriving. Having an outlet, it really makes a difference.
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Over the years, I was doing what I loved to do, which is my music. But it was always a bit distorted, because I was doing the music in the way other people around me were telling me it should be done.
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It doesn't cost a thing to smile.
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