What can women take away from this story? What will they learn from how to wake up?
Not necessarily learn, but acknowledge that you’re not alone in your journey. I feel as women, we shy away from the embarrassing moments — the ones where you will not look at yourself in the mirror the same. I feel that [women] don’t share with one another that we’ve all been in that place. I feel like with my music, I speak to everyone from the kids to the grandmothers. You know I have people that have open hearts that are listening to the things that I say because I give you realistic scenarios with no-holds-barred, no inhibitions, just completely honest, brutal sensuality.
Beautiful. What affirmation could someone glean from listening to your album?
You’re not alone. No one ever is. As alone as you felt in your moment, you are never alone.
I’m taking that away … “I’m not alone” and I feel that way, what should I know?
It’s your journey and that’s what makes this whole thing personal. That’s the human experience. It’s free will.
How do you pull that through? It’s obviously expression. If I’m feeling lonely and I’m listening to you, they should know that you’re with them too?
Absolutely. That’s what music does. It’s your soundtrack to life. You still want to feel something. Like, I’ll go back to my holy trinity of music which is: Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder and Prince, in no particular order. I’ll know what I want to play because I know how I want to feel. If I throw on “Take Me With You” by Prince, I know where I want to go. If I switch it up to Michael Jackson’s “Working Day and Night,” I know I might want to dance and escape — just leave everything behind like I’ve never had to pay anything in my life. That’s what music does.
