In our house we don't use words like "despise" and 'hate,' we say "strongly dislike."

I think passive beauties have their place in the world. It's hard for me to relate to that.

Hand fits giving, so do it, that's what the Gospel said to me. Life fits living, so let your judgments go.

I am the result of the good choices I've made and the bad choices.

When I first came to New York I was a dancer, and a French record label offered me a recording contract and I had to go to Paris to do it. So I went there and that's how I really got into the music business. But I didn't like what I was doing when I got there, so I left, and I never did a record there.

You have to be patient. I'm not!

Music makes the people come together.