I'm a big woman. I need big hair.

My faith always has been and always will be important to me.

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.

And I was booked once to go on 'Ed Sullivan' and I got bumped and ran out the back door crying.

I remember singing around the house to records that were playing. All kinds of music. And the great James Cleveland was often in our house, and I grew up with his sound as well.

The milk of kindness flows through my body, I shall follow Jesus to the Taco Bell and give thanks.

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