Self-expression is my goal, I want to be real with my feelings. Singing and dancing and all the joy that goes with performing come from my heart. If I can't feel it, I won't do it.

It is my belief that we all have the need to feel special. It is this need that can bring out the best in us, yet the worst in us.

I do want to get married again, and I want to have kids. And this time, I really want to do it right.

I have a pretty bad temper. But you have to really push me to see it. But everybody has their things.

There are artists, true performers that have come before me who have been a big inspiration to me. I hope I do the same for others.

You can never be happy until you understand why you're doing what you're doing.

In 1977, at age ten, I was cast on the TV sitcom 'Good Times.' My character was Penny, an abused child in desperate need of love. I really didn't want to do the show. I didn't want to be away from my family.