It's amazing how a truly great songwriter can touch anyone in the world with their words.

Red lips and fragrance always top off an outfit for me.

In school that used to happen a lot: they'd get me to sing and then they'd hate me for it.

I've gone through a really hard divorce, and anyone who has gone through a divorce will speak about how hard the journey is from start to finish. It's a life-uprooting time.

Hurt me to see the pain across my mothers face, every time my father's fist would put her in her place.

Etta James is my all-time favorite singer. I've said it in every interview, in every story, in every on- and off-camera question. That music was always such a huge escape for me, even from a young age.

Becoming a mother has helped me to realize who I am aside from my career.