Sometimes my mouth is a little too big and a little too open and sounds too much like a sailor.

the magic is inside you. there ain't no crystal ball

Find out what you are, then do it on purpose

I do have a natural sense for business, which I think I get from my Dad.

My grandfather was a Pentecostal preacher. It was a sin to even pluck your eyebrows, and they thought it was a sin for me to be there looking like Jezebel.

When you're 40, you can't ride the fence anymore. You gotta make definite decisions about your life.

The world is my stage. I try to be good at it, whatever part I'm playing - even in my daily life or when the spotlight hits me on the stage to perform - I gotta be alive every second in this world. With or without the applause!