I wrote this piece because Nina Simone inspired me to. Also, because I was incarcerated. It was definitely about being in there because you couldn't do what you wanted to do and all you could think about was just going home. Basically, your life has been taken from you and you have to do everything every time they tell you to do it. So all I could think about was being free and going home, what I could do better to not be back in this situation again.SMH: “You can definitely do it with an act of Congress. But now they're saying I can do it just with an executive order,” the president said in his interview. Despite claims by Trump,at least 30 countries Thank you for sharing that with me. I love that you said Nina Simone was an inspiration because when I was writing about this piece and how my piece interacts with your work, I cited Nina's work saying that, there were a lot of women especially that came before you to kind of speak and sing the same tones as a way to think about freedom. Do you have a favorite Nina Simone song?NP:“Blackbird”SMH: And while she's dabbled in a little singing since — her cameo inPopstar: Never Say Neverand that "Pocket Full of Sunshine" moment inEasy Acome to mind — she's reuniting withCrazy Stupid Lovecostar Ryan Gosling for a full-blown musical.Ryan kicked offLa La Land'sfirst trailer