When you take your troubles to God, you may have them but they don't have you.

I'm still standing up there tall and strong every night that I perform.

Once I stopped dwelling on what I didn't have, on what I thought I was going to lose, and began to give freely, everything opened up for me. Everything began to flow into my life.

Real divas give 150 percent. If they don't have the right dress, they'll go out in whatever they have. If there are no microphones, they'll still put on a show. They are people who put their heart and soul in what they do.

I always have to go that extra mile, and I do it and I don't mind doing it, but it isn't fair.

I think the race situation is getting better as far as people respecting each other goes. I think the race situation with entertainment is not that much better.

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