I can't do some of the songs that younger girls like Mary J. Blige and Beyonce are doing. They have their own place and I have my own place.

I like hip-hop music, but some of the lyrics make me want to cry.

I'm no different than you.

I want to be remembered as a woman who was fair and always gave 150 percent, no matter what I did.

A diva is someone who is a perfectionist, who does her best in her craft.

All I can tell you really is if you get to the point where someone is telling you that you are not great or not good enough, just follow your heart and don't let anybody crush your dream.

I don't feel as though I have to prove anything to anybody.