I can tell you I didn't feel good when I could not articulate properly. Getting my GED was important and I want other women to feel that.

I can't just make a song people can dance in a club to... it still has to be real.

I have to have lemon and honey. I have to have apple cider vinegar, Braggs. And I have to have either Red Vines or Twizzlers. These things, you know, are the things that help my vocal performance.

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.

I believe that anything man himself can do for me, God can do for me in a greater way. I decided to pray and to seek God on my own. I just stayed in The Word. And it worked.

One day I realized that I wasn't getting anywhere by blaming other people for my circumstances. I finally understood: Even if you feel someone has wronged you or owes you something, no one is going to give you anything for free.

It's OK showing yourself some love.