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One of my core values is to help redefine what it means to be a strong and beautiful woman in the music and fashion worlds and to empower the wonderful things that make us unique.

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Strong, Woman, Means, Worlds

We don't all have to take the same coordinates to get to the same destination. Being a young African American female artist, I want to open doors for young black girls.

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Artist, Young, Want, African American

I have a great body, I really do. But I want to be taken seriously as an artist, and wearing anything that shows it off will be a distraction from the music. That's how my signature uniform, my tuxedo, came about. It's classic and timeless. You'll see me in black, white, and a pop of color on my lips. That pop adds a little magic.

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Color, Magic, Artist, Tuxedo

I have worn a tuxedo, but I have never covered up for respectability politics or to shame other women.

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Politics, Shame, Never, Tuxedo

I always carry my classic black-and-white tux and custom-made George Esquivel saddle shoes.

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Classic, Always, George, Saddle

Lauryn Hill, P-Funk, Marvin Gaye, Public Enemy - I have a very diverse palate for music. I can go from Judy Garland to Jimi Hendrix to Stevie Wonder to Rachmaninoff. I just love great music.

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Love, Very, Great Music, Stevie

When I was growing up, both my grandmothers would play the organ, and we would all sing.

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Play, Organ, Both, Grandmothers

I'm a believer that the more I'm giving, the happier I am, and the more beautiful my exterior will be.

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Beautiful, I Am, Happier, Believer

Donald Trump is trying to build a wall. I'm trying to burn walls down and build more bridges.

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Burn, Trump, Donald, Bridges

I've never viewed myself as 'just' a musician or singer.

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Never, Singer, Viewed, Musician

I have not lost any of my crazy, fearless, raw, soulful, eclectic side and I plan on continuing to tell universal stories in an unforgettable way.

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Fearless, Side, Stories, Raw

I always think about the next generation and creating a different blueprint for them. That's my goal: to let them know there's another way.

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Generation, Next, Always, Another Way

It's unfortunate that a lot of people think African-American female artists are monolithically R&B this-or-that, don't have to do anything by default.

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People, Think, Unfortunate, African-American

I listen to Prince on my iPad. And I use a Chords & Scales app to warm up before performing.

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Before, Use, App, Scales

I'll refer to my music in color, like 'This song needs to be bright red.'

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Red, Song, Needs, Refer

I love men. But evil men? I will not tolerate that. You don't deserve to be in my presence. If you're going to rule this world, I am not going to contribute anymore until you change it.

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Love, Deserve, Will, Tolerate

I've gotten scripts over the years, but I believe it was the stories of 'Moonlight' and 'Hidden Figures' that really touched my heart and aligned with the messages that I felt were extremely important to me.

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Over, Touched, Stories, Scripts

I take goldenseal, Echinacea and cod liver oil when flying to boost my immune system.

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Liver, Immune, Take, Boost

Becoming a CoverGirl is truly an honor and a gift. It opens up a new platform for me to inspire women to feel stronger, braver and more beautiful inside and out.

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Gift, New, Becoming, Braver

People in my family and camp who grew up listening to rap music love 'We Are Young.' I've heard it play at weddings. I've heard it in graduation parties. It's a big idea and big song.

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Love, Play, Big, Camp

I've been very blessed to have worked with two incredible directors - Barry Jenkins on 'Moonlight' and Ted Melfi on 'Hidden Figures' - and it was a collaborative effort in shaping my characters, Teresa and Mary.

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Moonlight, Been, Very, Shaping

I just think my own ambition would not allow me to sit on the gifts that my creator had given me. And so that's when I realized that I could actually go away.

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Think, Allow, Given, Sit

I won't sit here and say I've never had a pimple, but I try to have a really great diet, you know, lots of vegetables and fish. And I think stress plays a huge part too.

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Here, I Think, Part, Sit

I was constantly involved in music and theatre all through middle school and high school.

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Theatre, Through, High, Middle School

I will never stop making music.

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Music, Never, Making, Never Stop

I believe it's time that women truly owned their superpowers and used their beauty and strength to change the world around them.

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Change, Beauty, Superpowers, Change The World

I enjoy how women dressed in the 1920s with the shimmering jewels and rich feathers.

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Feathers, How, 1920s, Jewels

I believe that imagination inspires nations. It's something that I live by.

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Inspires, I Believe That, I Believe

When I got into the music industry, I wasn't focused on being the most famous artist or even getting a major record deal. It was just to make music on my own terms or create my own image, do my own hair, do my own makeup.

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Makeup, Artist, Deal, Record Deal

Honestly, I don't believe in menswear. I focus on what pieces are most timeless, transcendent, match my lifestyle, remain remarkable, and command intriguing attention across the room at an art gallery.

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Art, Honestly, Remain, Timeless

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