Once you realize there is a Higher Power, you know you're not alone, that you have a purpose on the planet. You control your destiny instead of letting the day lead you where it may. You seize it, take it and lead it.

I'm proud of everything I do, but I think I'm the most happy about becoming a rapper. It was my entrance into everything. That helped me get into acting.

If my brother and I wanted money in our pockets, we had to get jobs - my first was at 15, at Burger King.

There are a lot of people who helped make Queen Latifah who she is today. I don't forget, but a lot of people do and get big heads.

My house borders horse farms, and I can look out my window and see the horses and the new colts. It's really peaceful.

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

What would your life be like if you found out you had 3 weeks left? And you know that you had not begun to live? And you had all these dreams and all these possibilities. And all these things you wanted to do and things you wanted to say and now time's up?