I like to do interior design, I love to quilt, I love to see different colors together, and I love to match things up.

My career doesn't get harder because when you have something to share, you have something to share. And when it's a trial or a situation that you triumph out of, you have to - because this is the relationship I started with my fans on the My Life album in 1994. You have to share in order for people to see how you came through it, or how you're dealing with having thoughts of doubting yourself. What songs are gonna help you? What lyrics are gonna pull you out of your slump?

We are all spirits. We get depressed. But music makes you want to live. I know my music has saved my life.

I didn't never have to go to a therapist. I just always put it in a song and you heard me.

Then my life crashed and burned down: trials, men, drama, no self-love, no identity. A little identity, but not a lot of love for myself, my life.

If we didn't have understanding of our journey, we wouldn't be able to go on. We'd be stuck, like, 'Why me?'

When you hold on to anger and unforgiveness, you can't move forward.