Michelle Williams

Because I have three honorary doctorates right now. And I felt like the universe was telling me, listen, you need to go back to school.

Yeah, in music theory.

Yeah, in music theory.

Yeah, in music theory.

Oh, I mean, I have always known music. I was classically trained as a percussionist. But when it came to the harmonics, it was always by ear. So I was instinctively learned. But now I have an academic understanding for what it is that I'm actually playing when I'm playing things with harmonies.

Oh, I mean, I have always known music. I was classically trained as a percussionist. But when it came to the harmonics, it was always by ear. So I was instinctively learned. But now I have an academic understanding for what it is that I'm actually playing when I'm playing things with harmonies.

Oh, I mean, I have always known music. I was classically trained as a percussionist. But when it came to the harmonics, it was always by ear. So I was instinctively learned. But now I have an academic understanding for what it is that I'm actually playing when I'm playing things with harmonies.

We lived in log houses with stick and dirt, chimneys. They called them the slave houses. I worked on the farm, cutting corn stalks, and tending to cattle in slavery time. Sometimes I swept the yards after working all day. There was a task of cotton to be picked and spun by them. What kind of people? What kind of people? It puts a very vivid

We lived in log houses with stick and dirt, chimneys. They called them the slave houses. I worked on the farm, cutting corn stalks, and tending to cattle in slavery time. Sometimes I swept the yards after working all day. There was a task of cotton to be picked and spun by them. What kind of people? What kind of people? It puts a very vivid

We lived in log houses with stick and dirt, chimneys. They called them the slave houses. I worked on the farm, cutting corn stalks, and tending to cattle in slavery time. Sometimes I swept the yards after working all day. There was a task of cotton to be picked and spun by them. What kind of people? What kind of people? It puts a very vivid

intense context behind what it means to be African American. And I thank God that I got to hear it. But I'm so sorry they went through this. Oh, nobody should have gone through this. It's a lot, man. I have to say I am forever changed.

intense context behind what it means to be African American. And I thank God that I got to hear it. But I'm so sorry they went through this. Oh, nobody should have gone through this. It's a lot, man. I have to say I am forever changed.

intense context behind what it means to be African American. And I thank God that I got to hear it. But I'm so sorry they went through this. Oh, nobody should have gone through this. It's a lot, man. I have to say I am forever changed.

Well, I was living vicariously through them reading these things. And I just felt like it was such a gift to have that connection. You know, as black people in America, most of us don't have a connection to our lineage, our ancestral lineage in that way. We just don't know. Not like a lot of our other sibling species of different demographics who do know their ancestral lineage.

Well, I was living vicariously through them reading these things. And I just felt like it was such a gift to have that connection. You know, as black people in America, most of us don't have a connection to our lineage, our ancestral lineage in that way. We just don't know. Not like a lot of our other sibling species of different demographics who do know their ancestral lineage.

Well, I was living vicariously through them reading these things. And I just felt like it was such a gift to have that connection. You know, as black people in America, most of us don't have a connection to our lineage, our ancestral lineage in that way. We just don't know. Not like a lot of our other sibling species of different demographics who do know their ancestral lineage.

They have their cultural history, and so they know. And so when they speak, they speak from a different place. There's a confidence in their tones. Because you know where you come from, and because you know who you've been, you know who you are, and you know who you want to be. We don't have that.

They have their cultural history, and so they know. And so when they speak, they speak from a different place. There's a confidence in their tones. Because you know where you come from, and because you know who you've been, you know who you are, and you know who you want to be. We don't have that.

They have their cultural history, and so they know. And so when they speak, they speak from a different place. There's a confidence in their tones. Because you know where you come from, and because you know who you've been, you know who you are, and you know who you want to be. We don't have that.

Yeah, it's a very big difference. And so you feel difference and you feel different and you feel more solid. When you pivot, there's a lot more connection to the ground. And the gravity of not knowing is not pulling you down, but now you are using that, you're harnessing that gravity to take bigger steps forward now. It's different.