Ever since I was little, I loved to eat. I started eating when I wasn't hungry. My weight has always been up and down.

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

I can be an emotional eater. Of late, I have been doing that, yes. It started when I was very little. My brothers were gone on tour a lot, and I would miss them so much.

Does what you think of you determine your worth?

I don't find myself sexy.

When you hear bad things about yourself, just put your energies into something else; it's no good crying about it. Just put it into your music - it'll make you stronger.