Love is something that never goes out of style. It's something everybody experiences, and if they are not in love, people usually want to feel that.

If I hadn't gone through some of the painful experiences in my life, I would not be me.

I grew up in a very nice house in Houston, went to private school all my life and I've never even been to the 'hood. Not that there's anything wrong with the 'hood.

When I was younger, there were moments where I said, 'I'm not going to have children.' And then moments when I wanted four. And now I definitely want another, but I don't know when.

I used to want you so bad, I'm so through with that because honestly you turned out to be the best thing I never had!

I remember being in Japan when Destiny's Child put out 'Independent Women,' and women there were saying how proud they were to have their own jobs, their own independent thinking, their own goals. It made me feel so good, and I realized that one of my responsibilities was to inspire women in a deeper way.

I went to a high school for the performing arts and I lived and breathed music. It kept me focused; it kept me sane.