Business can change you, and chew you up, and spit you out, and be rid of you, and on to the next thing. That's why it's so important to know who you are and stand up for something.

I don't have a ton of friends, but the friends I have are great ones. I don't have huge family, but the family I have is a great one.

When you're talented, you're talented.

It's a beautiful blessing that I get to help raise a man. And I want to show him as much as possible.

I love children and I love family and I love that interaction. Because I had a really close relationship with my mother, I understand that deep powerful love, and it's so beautiful. To be a mother to a child is the most brilliant gift; it's gorgeous.

I thought I had to be perfect. I would often make choices I thought would make everyone else happy. I lived at a pace that was "good for my career," whether it was good for me or not. I have learned how important it is to check in with myself and listen, really listen.

Stevie Wonder's records introduced me to '70s soul when I was 12 or 13.