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

I've been collaborating with Ira Schickman on some songs, and there will be many other, great musicians involved.

I'm a woman and I'm a backbone...everybody needs one.

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

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

But really, we also need to learn how to love one another as women. How to appreciate and respect each other.

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