You either learn from your experiences or go back and do the same thing, and I learned from my experiences.

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.

Yonkers made me strong and made me believe in myself, because so many people would doubt you and not believe. There are people that would believe in you, but the environment was so harsh, nobody wanted you to get out, you know?

You have to create different things, either through lighting or changing the format of the songs and how you're going to sing them, and even sometimes props.

I've learned so much from all my mistakes. I just wish I had gotten my education.

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.

I've been a tomboy my whole life. But then you get older, you get married, you soften up.