I Want You To Like Me [Poem]

Published: Jan. 17, 2018, 10 a.m.

I\u2019ve been a singer and musician for most of my life. My biggest influences have always been black singers, and as a white musician who never wanted to sound white, I\u2019ve always struggled with feeling like a phony. This is a poem I imagine myself speaking to a primarily black audience, because as a performer [\u2026]