No one intimidates me because I'm not trying to do what you do, because I can't do what you do. I can only do what Mary J. Blige can do, so that relaxes me right there, and it gets me out of the competition and that whole thing.

I've been praying to God to show me how to forgive myself. Because... maybe... that's the thing I've been searching for.

My journey continues, because I've, you know, conquered a lot. And I know how to conquer the rest.

That's the message I want to give to every up-and-coming artist: Do everything that is going to help you later. If you clone somebody else, that's all they're gonna keep wanting from you.

Growing up, I was the preferred hairstylist for all of my friends.

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.