It's not always easy to do the right thing. But, doing the right thing makes you strong, it builds character, it forces you to make decisions based upon your beliefs and not what other people think. In life, and in business, you have to stand for what you believe in and sometimes you have to stand alone. But, what makes you a leader is having the courage of your convictions.

You can huff and puff. But blow me down? I doubt it kid, or you get your ass whupped.

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 have a drum set in my dressing room. I play drums to relax and have some fun.

Having Black hair is unique in that Black women change up styles a lot. You can walk down one street block in New York City and see 10 different hairstyles that Black women are wearing: straight curls, short cuts, braids - we really run the gamut.

The more you push the budgets up, the more you make records cost $20, the more you make records last 4 and 5 minutes on the radio.

Musicals are good times. I live to do a musical, there's nothing like it, no experience like that in the movie business. You don't get to pull all those triggers at the same time doing anything else. Nothing pulls that from you. Dancing, acting and singing is like "Alright, I gotta fire on all cylinders right now" because that's what it requires. It's fun getting to exercise all those muscles.