The old lessons of submissiveness and fragility made us victims. Women are so much more than that. You can be a businesswoman, a mother, an artist, and a feminist - whatever you want to be - and still be a sexual being. It's not mutually exclusive.

I don't flaunt my money. I like to stay at nice hotels but I'm not a flashy chick. I haven't got much jewellery or anything.

Embrace your past, but live for now.

The reality is, sometimes you lose. And you're never too good to lose, you're never too big to lose, you're never too smart to lose, it happens.

I get nervous when I don't get nervous.

I just hope people don't get sick of us. I'm sick of us and I'm in Destiny's Child.

When you really don't like a guy, they're all over you, and as soon as you act like you like them, they're no longer interested.