Discipline is a necessary tool to help you get what you want in life. It forces you to stay on center and to move away from the things that are not necessary.

I want to go Africa. I want to go to China. There are some places I want to go not to work, but to really explore and to see for my own education.

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

I have three girls, and I say the same thing to them. I'm not involved in their careers because I've learned that it's important for them to stand on their own two feet. They'll feel better and prouder of themselves if they do.

Either black people end up being the best in sports, or else it's show business. You know, we all got rhythm.

I'm a parent, and I try to take care of my health and keep my life in order. In the last few years I've really had to decide what's important to me, and it seems to me that my family and my health are top on the list. And those have nothing to do with show business.

It takes a long time to get to be a diva. I mean, you gotta work at it.