If I wasn't my age, I would turn a flip. I would do some cartwheels. That's how I feel.

There is a great feeling in a small venue, with the closeness of the people and the intimacy.

My uncle was 16, in junior high, and he heard me singing and snatched me off the stage. I thought he was happy and was going to pat me on the head and say I was good. But he took me home and told my grandmother this youngin' was at school singing the blues.

We stay strong. We stay positive, keep our heads up, love one another, spread love. The Devil can't win when you have God on your side.

I'm old enough to be Obama's grandmom. But I still like seeing good-looking things. Nothing wrong with that.

I started writing letters home to my mother, saying that I wanted to come home, grandma won't let me sing.

I'm singing these songs to inspire you, to keep you going, to lift you up and give you a reason to get up in the morning