Coming through the fire and through the storm of life with a strong man, my fiance Ashanti, whom I've been dating for eight months and two wonderful children beside me, I'm just so happy that I have been able to maintain my integrity and get to where I am today with the right energy around me.

Why do we need to wait until somebody sells 10 million records to give people a show like that? What about us smaller, hungry folk? At least gimme a curtain!

I'm the type of woman you might say is too good. I'll massage a man's feet, have dinner cooked when he gets home. But once they leave, the door is closed, and the locks are changed.

I haven't always been the person I am today. I came into loving myself more than anything or anyone else.

I give and give, even when I get nothing back - and that sets me up for disappointment.

My mom was a diabetic. Her sister was a diabetic, so I was already a candidate.

I have a new television show in the works, and that is all I can say right now.