Cause I'm no better than you, you, or you. And I can't get on no throne and preach, 'cause I'm not God.

Everything is scary if you look at it. So you just got to live.

I felt ashamed about everything. Me dropping out of high school, me not, you know, just not being beautiful enough. I just didn't feel like I was smart enough or beautiful enough, you know, for years.

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

I'm on my way to a place where I'd never dreamed I'd be, and that's perfection.

I don't want no drama in my life, even though we have a little bit, but no more letting people control you. That's drama, because then you become something that you're not.

My career doesn't get harder because when you have something to share, you have something to share. And when it's a trial or a situation that you triumph out of, you have to - because this is the relationship I started with my fans on the My Life album in 1994. You have to share in order for people to see how you came through it, or how you're dealing with having thoughts of doubting yourself. What songs are gonna help you? What lyrics are gonna pull you out of your slump?