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

People are intimidated when they first meet me, but it doesn't take them long to realise I'm just an average person.

God was in control, and I was just pliable enough to say yes to wherever He would lead.

God allows circumstances to build us up. God has got our back.

Low self-esteem comes from who you assess yourself to be. It's about who you are, and I didn't think I was anything or anybody.

Well, for street clothes, a lot of what I wear is Jones New York. I am well-endowed in the derriere, and they can handle that.

One of the high points of my career was winning the Grammy for 'I Will Survive.'