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

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

In matters of the heart it is always better to want something you don't have than to have something you don't want.

It's a sweet thing, faith. With it, you can handle any circumstance, any crisis, because you know God always has your back. And when God is for you, who can be against you? Nobody. As my Aunt Hattie says, "One and God are a majority."

I clean my house, although I have help. I'm on the floor getting spots. I can't stand a dirty house. I'm a cleaning fanatic.

I never thought I would be singing for the world.

I'm no different than you.