...the people at large absolutely gave James Brown respect. He was an original like a Rembrandt or a Picasso

And I've been hurt hurt bad. I might be just twenty-six, but I'm an old woman in disguise twenty-six goin'on sixty-five.

Music does a lot of things for a lot of people. It's transporting, for sure. It can take you right back, years back, to the very moment certain things happened in your life. It's uplifting, it's encouraging, it's strengthening.

Yes, I've always been fashion conscious.

I've never recorded anything I didn't like.

Gospel goes with me wherever I go. Gospel is a constant with me.

Trying to grow up is hurting. You make mistakes. You try to learn from them, and when you don't, it hurts even more.