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I always thought I was a singer, but I really am not.

If I hadn't been a singer, I might have been a photographer or an artist. But it's singing I love. I sing all the time, and I feel really good that I've expressed myself.

So don't think in reality I am a singer, I think I am a human being that has sung always all her life, and has learned a little to sing, and has found herself in the middle of a career.

The artist who gave me the most inspiration and direction, especially as a singer - and I absolutely consider myself a singer, 100 percent - is Nina Simone. She's my ultimate pianist-singer-type person.

I really don't think of myself as a singer. I think of myself as an entertainer, and the best place I do it is onstage.

So I don't think of myself as just a musician at all, I think of myself as an artist.

I think I'm a soulful singer.