The music, of course, is important, but it's the energy that I bring to it that I think the public appreciate the most.

My music career has been very rewarding, but success never came easily.

I just want to grow old with a man who takes care of me, and I want to eventually have kids and want them to be good children to me. Just want to be treated nice and have respect.

The schools play an important role when it comes down to protecting children against violence.Violence is one of the principal reasons why children don't go to school. It's also one of the causes of the alarming school dropout rates.

A poor child who receives high-quality early childhood development is 40 percent less likely to need special education, twice as likely to attend college and dramatically more likely to survive childhood.

I think a fragrance is all about sensations and imagery, and can evoke visions, feelings and thoughts.

I don't go out without make up. I'm a woman, you know.