Speaking to Oprah Winfrey on her 2020 Vision Tour over the weekend at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, she added: “There was this little girl in me who’s original dream was to be on a stage in a sparkly dress singing. I think it was very unconscious that I tucked her away. It felt dangerous. It felt like I was gonna be obliterated and compared …
“Every time there was a moment to sing publicly with other people, I would make it funny because that way people wouldn’t listen with the ‘Diana Ross‘ kid ear.’ It was as if I was walking around with not all of me because there was a part of me that wanted to shine, that I wanted to live and wasn’t. So, it was like this arm tied around my back. [When she found out], her face was covered in tears, and she said, ‘Finally.'”
