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.

I'm thinking wanting to succeed is something in my DNA; I'm not like 'I've got to succeed,' I just don't think about that... I see a silver lining in everything and I see a lesson in everything.

When I'm wearing too-high heels and swaying my hips, I do that Sharon Stone kind of thing - she has the sexiest walk, a New York cool thing that throws you back.

I decided early on that I was going to put on my crown and rule my world by acting right and treating myself like a queen.

I think as far as the music industry is concerned, it's kind of been the wild, wild West in a way with the Internet, which is not necessarily a bad thing to me.

To wanna be me is to go through not just the good but the bad. You wanna share my story identically? Man, you gonna take some lumps.

I'm not allowed to get a big head, I've still got to do the simple things in life.