I’ve been singing for six years. I’ve been in and out of the studios with top producers, but it wasn’t something I was ready to express to the public or to the press. I wasn’t ready to come out. I wanted to perfect my voice and be 100 percent positive that I could come out right.

In this remark, Banks frames artistic self-disclosure as something that requires preparation rather than impulse. She distinguishes between private development (years of training, studio work, collaboration with high-profile producers) and public identity ("come out" to audiences and the press). The language suggests anxiety about being judged before she felt technically and emotionally ready, and it highlights a perfectionist standard—wanting to be "100 percent" sure she could deliver convincingly. More broadly, the quote speaks to the tension between celebrity visibility and personal control: even public figures may withhold ambitions until they feel mastery, credibility, and the right moment to reveal a new facet of themselves.