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

Peace of mind just can't be bought. Trust me: Even if your conscience doesn't stop you from playing dirty to get what you want, once you get it, it will keep you from enjoying it. As my mother used to say, "A good conscience is God's eye." Which is why I always prefer a loss to an underhanded gain; the one brings pain at the moment, the other for all time.

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 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.

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

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.

God doesn't do the work for you; he does the work through you. It's not enough to look up; you must also look within.