I decided to always sing in the back with the chorus and never went up front because I had trouble performing.

When I look into the crowd, I see young and old, black and white - it's amazing that I'm able to connect with so many different kinds of people.

I never thought I would be singing for the world.

You've got to know business before you go to show business.

I don't tweet, Twitter, email, Facebook, look book, no kind of book. I have a land line phone at my home - that's the only phone I have. If my phone rang every day like everyone else around me, I would lose my mind.

I just sing the stuff that makes me smile, makes me feel like I didn't sell myself out.

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