One Day I Promised God

I Can Make It Through The Rain, I Can Stand Up Once Again, On My Own, And I Know, That I'm Strong Enough To Mend, And Every Time I Feel Afraid I Hold Tighter To My Faith, And I Live One More Day And I Make It Through The Rain.

It's Hard To Be Someone That People Talk About And Write About, You Know? They Don't Know Me.

You Don't Have To Be Doing Vocal Acrobatics Or Singing All Over The Scale To Have Soul.

I Understand People Want To Hold On To Their Roots.

We've All Been Influenced By Other People...if Minnie Riperton Never Existed, Would I Have Even Thought Of Singing In That (upper) Register? I Doubt It.