I love food and I love my curves.

It's OK to feel crappy sometimes and it's OK to feel like you don't look like the next person. But what you have to know is that you are beautiful and you are strong and you are worth it. It's important to know that.

I always wanted to work with Michael Jackson. His music will live forever and with technology nowadays... maybe I could.

I love dill pickles! They're on my rider for my concerts so I eat one every day.

I love berries. Strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, black berries, anything with an 'errie' in it!

With the '60s era and Motown, my grandparents actually introduced us to that when I was younger, so I grew up listening to the Jackson Five, Aretha Franklin, The Temptations, The Supremes and Diana Ross' solo stuff. I just loved it.

'Sparkle' fell into my lap. I had heard a little bit about it, that it was being redone in early 2011. I was just kind of like, 'Oh, that would be really cool,' and not really thinking too much about it, and then it came through my agency. I read it, I fell in love with the script and I went in to audition.