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My mom brought me up to believe that my talent is a gift and a blessing.

I learned at an early age that I was given something special when I was born, and that was the gift of music.

I was born with the gift.

I was really young, just playing with puppets a lot and doing all the voices and acting it out - normal kid stuff. But then I'd hear my mother talking about it to her relatives, marveling at it as if it was something unique. And it made me realize, 'Oh, maybe I do have a talent for something.'

I have been aware, from the age of 6, that I had talent.

My mother was always encouraging about my wanting to be an artist.

My mother encouraged me to be artistic. It was written in a contract at an early age that I would be an artist.

As a child, my mother had instilled in me a feeling of being born for a purpose.

I adored my mother, and I will always have extraordinary memories about her and remember her, and she opened the doors for me to appreciate arts.

Everything in my life boils down to my mother. A tradition, which a lot of people do not know of, is that while I'd give my father the money I earned, anything that was special to me - like an award or an album - would be given to my mother.