"I read a story in a magazine (a survivor of female genital mutilation ) and wrote about it. I guess it was a gift to her to extol her bravery. (album title ) became appropriate also because true supporters of my music found ways to hear the song before it got on the album. It had been floating around to DJs two years ago. And I do shows and perform the song, so everybody knew it. So I started referring to (fans ) as brave birds when I write messages to them on my web site." It is likely she was referring to Waris Dirie who is the author of Desert Flower.