God loves me and sent his son to die for me so I have to live to please him because he saved me when everyone abandoned me.

Once you climb to another level, you have to figure out how to sustain it.

It's up to us to choose whether we win or lose...and I choose to win.

I wish I had known that education is the key. That knowledge is power. Now I pick up books and watch educational shows with my husband. I'm seeing how knowledge can elevate you.

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.

You have to have a plan. Everything has to be planned. For me, I start with the title of my album, before I even start with the songs. I write down different things that I want album to say, and then the songs come from the different words.

Larry David makes me laugh.