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

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.

Being the Queen is not all about singing and being a diva is not all about singing. It has much to do with your service to people. And your social contributions to your community and your civic contributions as well.

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

Be your own artist, and always be confident in what youre doing. If youre not going to be confident, you might as well not be doing it.

You're a no good heartbreaker, you're a liar, and you're a cheat. I don't know why I let you do these things to me.