As A Child I Spent

Growing Up In Cleveland, I Learned About Singing From My Mother, Who Had Once Sung Professionally And Who Admired Mahalia Jackson And Aretha Franklin.

Consume More Than You Need This Is The Dream Make You Pauper Or Make You Queen I Won't Die Lonely I'll Have It All Prearranged A Grave That's Deep And Wide Enough For Me And All My Mountains O'things

A Lot Of Kids Spent More Time Out Of School Than In, But I Always Loved School And Thought It Was My Way Out Of Cleveland, And Out Of Poverty.

I Think It's Important, If You Are An Artist, To Use Your Music To Stand Up For What You Believe In.

I Meet People In My Daily Life, People Who Seem To Experience Some Change And Some Growth On A Personal Level, And That Gives Me Hope.