It hurts when you have to smile and you don't want to smile, but the best thing to do is to smile.

Love is wonderful, amazing, and the best thing that can happen to us.

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

You know a lot, but you don't know everything.

You can look at my palm and see the storm coming. Read the book of my life and see I've overcome it.

I wish I had known that education is the key. That knowledge is power. Now I pick up books and watch educational shows with my husband. I'm seeing how knowledge can elevate you.

This music business can suck all the love out of you, all the compassion for people - you can start to think you're better than them. But I want to continue to let people know that I'm no better and no worse, I'm just like you.