When I write a song, I tap into the emotion and the feeling and then I use the emotion to write the words. It's the opposite when I act. I use the words and tap into the emotion.

Soul music is about longevity and reaching and touching people on a human level - and that's never going to get lost.

Just because you have a nightmare doesn't mean you stop dreaming.

I love when I am around a veteran in [show] business. Because I can dig and ask questions, and find out the "who" and "what" of it all.

To be a queen of a household is a powerful thing.

One day, I just got up to read a poem and started singing. I looked around - the reaction was great. And I said, oh, boy. I like this.

I'm being all of me, and it feels stupendous. I don't want to leave this feeling.