Andra Day

I'm grateful and enjoying the ride. ”

My idols are singers like Billie Holiday and Erykah Badu because there's no gloss on what they do. ”

The most amazing thing is being onstage and watching the audience sing every song lyric for lyric. ”

I feel like fear is a very real thing, a very ubiquitous thing, and it can be very subtle. ”

I want people to... not be afraid of their truth. ”

I was a dancer for about 20 years. It didn't really help me transition into music. ”

I always felt more comfortable with a full face of makeup. ”

My father loved music. He loved Motown and R&B, and my mother loved Journey and Fleetwood Mac, so they were always listening to it and playing it. ”

Soul music is true to its name. It's music that connects to your soul, your spirit. When music resonates with people's spirit like that, when people can emotionally connect with something or it helps to heal them, transform them, that never goes out of style. People will always need something to relate to. ”

I do devotion in the morning. I pray and I read the word. ”