I’ve done well, I’ve been disappointed, and I think it all goes back to you. Of course the labels are going to be the labels. It’s the music business. You are a business. That’s what they do. So you’ve got to protect yourself.

I listen to gospel music.

The music business is not a good place for people who don't know things.

I decided to start my own label because so many people with talent come to me wanting to know how they can get in the music business.

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 never do any album to beat it. I do it to extend it.

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.