'My Life' is soft, with notes of pear and gardenia, but still bold, with a woody base.

As a child I always wanted to be a singer. The music my mother played in the house moved me - Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Mahalia Jackson. It was truly spiritual. It made you understand what God was. We are all spirits. We get depressed. But music makes you want to live. I know my music has saved my life.

When you're going to do whatever you're going to do, you have to get your, put your mind into it.

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

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

I like what I see when I'm looking at me when I'm walking past the mirror.

I think women should band together to get us more respect in all the businesses that we're in because, you know, if we turn 40, we're nothing and nobody. We all should band together and just say we're not gonna go down like that.