I didn't start singing with my eyes open until I was 19 - that's how shy I was!

I try to do everything to say, 'OK, will my mother like this? Will she be pleased? Will she be proud of that? How do I know she's happy and she's smiling down at me from heaven?' And that's what I try to go by and walk by.

If you’re not eating the right foods in the right amounts, all the exercise in the world won’t combat the caloric intake.

The important message I heard about working out and what I want to share is that you create your own opportunities and your own limitations.

Sometimes God makes better choices for us than we could have ever made for ourselves.

My grandmother always taught me, 'If you don't have a home, family, and church, you don't have anything.

I want to be around for a long time, singing and making albums and movies.