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.

I've talked about sex a great deal in my music for a great while now. I feel very comfortable with it.

I have so much more confidence in myself now than I ever did before.

I can feel your body pressed against my body. When you start to poundin', love to feel you throbbin'.

I like to read. Autobiographies.

I'll meet a guy now, and the next thing I know they'll be sweating and their hands will be shaking. And I feel so bad - I don't even know what to say to them. Then there are other guys who come on too strong, and they're just all over you. The nice ones are the ones who are in-between - the ones who aren't scared and who aren't all over you.

My dad taught us that there's no greater distance than that between first and second place.