I grew up without a father, and my mother grew up without a father and her mother grew up without a father. So we have this long heritage of growing up without fathers.

I will survive For as long as I know how to love, I know I'll stay alive.

I've written a lot of songs but I haven't had the opportunity to record a lot of them.

People always want to ask me about my drug problem - I never had a drug problem; I had a self-esteem problem!

Performing was easy because I believed that I could sing, but that was an outside thing.

I started out doing covers.

Well, I went through some emotionally abusive relationships and allowed myself to not be properly respected as a lady, as a human being even, though I tried everything I knew to be a lady.