Brittany Howard on Prince, breakup songs and giving 'everything and leaving nothing'
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Brittany Howard on Prince, breakup songs and giving 'everything and leaving nothing'

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Brittany Howard on Prince, breakup songs and giving 'everything and leaving nothing' toggle caption Bobbi Rich/Island Records From the time she was a kid, former Alabama Shakes frontperson Brittany Howard knew she wanted to be in a band. She remembers seeing some kids from the local high school performing, and it was like a door opened in her mind: "I said, 'That's what I want to do.' " Today, Howard is a Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, guitarist and producer. Sponsor Message "It made me sing harder and sing louder and perform just as hard as I could perform," she says of the rejections.

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