My mother is very emotional as well, but my dad is more of the guts of the family. He was the main preacher, so he kind of had this little Pentecostal flair, but they are born-again.

I grew up raised in church, my parents are both traveling ministers. They blocked out MTV which was fine, but I'd find myself figuring out who New Kids On The Block were.

If you like my music, great, and if you don't, whatever. I'm going to keep making it either way.

I need a man who tells me the party's over, that it's time to go home, because [we] have to work in the morning.

Speaking in tongues is as normal to me as 'Pass the salt' It's a secret, direct prayer language to God.

I have a soft spot for women, I'm not afraid of it, some women walk into the room, and they're so beautiful and you're like, 'I wanna smell you' you know?

I went from zero to my own hero