There's ups and downs in this love. Got a lot to learn in this love. Through the good and the bad, still got love.

I've had small depressions, days when I've woken up and felt sad, especially when I'm so far away from home. I've got my religion and that is my therapy, although I think it would be good for me to have someone I can talk to. But I have friends. I haven't got a therapist but maybe I should.

Power is not given to you. You have to take it.

I don't really like to call myself a brand, and I don't like to think of myself as a brand. I'm a singer, a songwriter, a musician and a performer. And an actress, and all the other things that I do. When you add it all together, some might call it a brand, but that's not my focus.

Baby it's you. You're the one I love. You're the one I need. You're the only one I see.

I don't like to gamble, but if there's one thing I'm willing to bet on, it's myself.

Make sure you have your own life before becoming someone's wife ~spoken to Oprah in an interview