It was like a death in the family: You go through the mourning stage, then the rebellion, and then all of a sudden you have to find life by yourself. . . . I loved everything about marriage. I loved having a companion to wake up with and have barbecues with. But things happen and people grow apart. I don't really ever talk about the divorce because it was a heart-wrenching thing to go through.

I'm just your everyday woman who is trying to feel good and be healthy for her daughter, her fiancé, and herself.

I'm never going to be a woman who doesn't work. At 12 I was emancipated from my parents so I could sign my first record deal. I think I was born working!

I've done four movies. I've done seven albums. So I feel like music has always been a part of my life; acting is something I'm learning.

I respect knowledge of the psyche. I would be a therapist if I weren't an entertainer.

I think anything sounds good with a Southern accent.

I had doors slammed in my face as a 14-year-old because my boobs were too big.