Where does the ability to connect with people on such an emotional level come from?
CRAWLEY: When I get up on stage, I try to bring every feeling I feel to the song so the audience can feel what I felt in that moment. ESSENCE.COM: On an episode of BET’s Sunday Best, you revealed to America “I was searching for love in all the wrong places.” Can you explain what you meant? CRAWLEY: My dad wasn’t the dad I thought he should be. I wanted to be daddy’s little girl. Because I wasn’t daddy’s little girl, I searched for love in the direction of unworthy men. Searching for love lead me to have my first child because I thought if I had a child, I would receive the love I was craving. ESSENCE.COM: When women have fathers who are absent, do you think that they look for father figures in the men they date? CRAWLEY: Yes, because dads are supposed to be there to hold their daughters. Dads are supposed to tell their daughters how special they are. In my case, I didn’t get any of that from my dad. So I was looking for a man to tell me “you’re beautiful.” It leads to many broken heart
