As a singer, if I'm in a room that is too cold, I kind of freak out, so I actually like the humidity, and I love the heat.
I like very, very dramatic eyeliner: I take it all the way out to my eyebrows.
I tell people all the time - I'm a very spiritual person, so I pray over everything that I do including creating music, a new song.
I'm not going to put myself in a box.
Whichever chord progressions move me, whether it's rock, jazz, doo-wop or soul, I'm going to put it together and not be worried about whether people can put it in a lane or not.
I always felt more comfortable with a full face of makeup.
As my face got cleaner, my relationships got cleaner.
I style my hair so frequently that I need a really good conditioner to keep it moisturized.
I use this GPB glycogen protein balancing conditioner by Aubrey Organics that I love.
I was a dancer for about 20 years. It didn't really help me transition into music.
A pompadour is actually pretty easy for me; it takes me about five minutes.
I decided to see how my voice sounds on different type of records. So I did Eminem and the Biggie, Florence and the Machine, and Muse covers. A couple of them just came from some jam sessions between me and my sister in her bedroom at my father's house in San Diego.
I went to a performing arts school, and we studied musical theater, jazz vocal performance, and they kind of start you out on those things because they feel like it is a good foundation, and it was.
Tony Bennett is an iconic jazz legend.
I always knew I wanted to be a performance artist.
At a young age, I wanted to be a prima ballerina and had these grand ideas that I would go study at Juilliard. It's something I laugh about now.
I was heavily influenced by big voices when I was younger. People like Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, and Patti Labelle really spoke to me. When I got older, I was into Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, and Lauryn Hill, but it wasn't until I started working with a voice coach that I really dove into jazz music.
I give credit to my team. I have dedicated people from my label, my fans, and people at these companies that believe in me.
I do devotion in the morning. I pray and I read the word.
When I was 20, I wanted to be famous and win a Grammy and have people respect and love me.
