One of the album's songs features Mary J. Blige, but I don't want to talk too much about it yet. I think you will hear the music that's been playing in my head when it comes out

If I love a song, I make it mine.

The bickering and fighting and hating that women do with each other - it's going to kill us as a race of people.

Being a singer is a way for me to get to a platform to do more.

Your moment of clarity comes when you face your fears. Sobriety gave me back me - my life. Self-medication kills you slowly. You can never get a handle on that. It's a highly destructive force that has to be dealt with on a spiritual level as much as a physical one.

I have a lot of charity work I'm into right now, and selling my Chakalates - supporting that whole effort.

In my thirties, I felt I had hold of one of the reins some of the time.