I even thought of adopting a child as a single mother.

I can be a better me than anyone can.

I listen to most everything that's out there because I need to stay aware of what's happening in the industry.

I would like to enjoy my life a little bit more so I can really have more fun, but my work is my fun.

Being a parent is very important to me.

I'm from a singing family, but they're not professional singers, only gospel - my grandfather was a minister. I started to sing the music that was out then because my mother used to play it all the time. It was the end of the '50s, the beginning of the '60s. There was Frankie Lyman and the Teenagers, Etta James... We used to sit outside on the stoop and sing. We even used to put our radios and record players outside.

I don't have to sit around and wait for the next movie to come along, I can go out and sing.