I know who I am. I am not perfect. I'm not the most beautiful woman in the world. But I'm one of them.

No one intimidates me because I'm not trying to do what you do, because I can't do what you do. I can only do what Mary J. Blige can do, so that relaxes me right there, and it gets me out of the competition and that whole thing.

If you're looking for inner peace from the outside world, you're not going to get that. The inner peace starts with looking at you from the inside. Understanding that everything that comes to you is what you are. Everything from friends to boyfriends to the job you get - it's all a direct reflection of what you are on the inside.

I don't think I'll do foster care or adopt, to be quite honest.

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.

I believe there are certain things that God uses to get us out of a bad situation, and I believe music was one of the things he used for me.

I wish I had an extra day with my mom sometimes. Or another hour in the day with my family, husband and children.