I still have certain goals that I want. Grammies... Other awards... an Oscar one day.

I was two when we left Indiana, and I don't really remember it that well.

You get used to working with one choreographer. You kind of get stuck in that vein and you work your way out of it, picking up someone else's style, their flavor. It takes a bit of time.

I'm happy with the people that I have around me. And they've been friends of mine since I was young, for a very long time.

I'm convinced that we Black women possess a special indestructible strength that allows us to not only get down, but to get up, to get through, and to get over.

If people want to know the truth, why don't they just come to me and ask?

If I wasn't singing, I'd probably be, probably an accountant.