Women have broken through the glass ceiling, and they're now more and more in the power seats.

Being a singer is a natural gift. It means I'm using to the highest degree possible the gift that god gave me to use. I'm happy with that.

We all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It's our basic human right.

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.

When God loves you, what can be better than that?

I was in my dad's church, his Baptist church, and I think the first song I ever performed was 'Jesus Be a Fence Around Me.'

Soul is a constant. It's cultural. It's always going to be there, in different flavors and degrees.