Negative words are powerful boomerangs so be careful what you say about people and yourself.

I barely have time for my own children. To adopt more children and not have time for them, that would be poor parenting on my part.

As a kid, I was in love with Michael Jackson, and I just knew I was going to marry him someday.

I do consider myself part of black history.

There's not enough time to be disrespecting... Life is too short.

I'm from the element of the streets that says that once you've made it, it's yours. But keep it to yourself.

Music makes us want to live. You don't know how many times people have told me that they'd been down and depressed and just wanted to die. But then a special song caught their ear and that helped give them renewed strength. That's the power music has.