The sound of birds stops the noise in my mind.

Being in this business for as long as I've been in it, it's sort of like living in a town or a city before the war and then after the war and then during the reconstruction and then during the time that it sprawls out to the malls.

We need role models who are going to break the mold.

It didn't matter as much because I'm a singer, not an actress, but my face is more acceptable in a way now than when I first came on the scene, because I'm part black.

I'm still more comfortable with standards than with my own songs.

We are in this period now where we all are trying to be in shape physically and deny ourselves any pleasure.

You don't have to prove to me you're beautiful to strangers, I've got loving eyes of my own.