I think the hardest thing is losing weight. That's the hardest thing more than anything else.

Politics are not my arena. Music is.

Music changes, and I'm gonna change right along with it.

My heart is still there in gospel music. It never left . . . I'm gonna make a gospel record and tell Jesus I cannot bear these burdens alone.

Let's start with the church. As you know, it's my background, it's a natural setting for me and it's definitely my roots.

I'm the lady next door when I'm not on stage.

If a song's about something I've experienced or that could've happened to me it's good. But if it's alien to me, I couldn't lend anything to it. Because that's what soul is all about.