I'm fine the way I am. There's nothing wrong with me.

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.

To cut off the confusion and accept an answer just because it's too scary not to have an answer is a good way to get the wrong answer.

There are people that regardless of what it is, if it's something that's stressful, whatever it may be, they don't eat, they lose a lot of weight, a divorce, they get real thin. I'm the opposite.

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

Touring is very grueling. It's very taxing on the body and living out of your suitcase, going from city to city, night after night. It's a tough job.

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