Let your inner queen's voice come through loud and clear. Be strong, be authentic, be you, and you'll do her proud.

Church was a requirement, there was no choice in the matter, so was vacation bible school. Gospel has been in me since I was a kid.

It's not necessarily what a family is typically supposed to look like. But it is what it is. It's about a connection and bond that everyone can identify with.

I have to be realistic about what I can and can't do. So whatever I do has to really be worth it. I like to master the things I do.

I'm not the type that's going to sit and preach to people if they don't need it just because I've been around the block a few times.

I lost my brother when I was 22. He was only 24. I was always the kind of person to live on the edge, but after that, it made me feel like I could really die. It can really happen. Before then, I never thought it could happen to me or my family.

Life is so much bigger, grander, higher, and wider than we allow ourselves to think.