I am so proud to be from New Orleans and to be one of those people who had been displaced. I wasn't there during that time, but that's where I come from, that kind of poverty, and I'm very, very proud of that because it's given me my history.

Ever since I've been blessed with success, I've struggled a little with anonymity and even family. I've had people calling asking for money, and I have to ask them first, 'Are you working? Have you been trying to help yourself?' Then I feel like I can help.

Children love their mothers. Especially with a boy child and his mother, there's a bond that's unbreakable.

I know that my audience is largely women, so what I try to do a lot of times is address their issues.

I'm good at giving up control to people who know where they're going and what they want to do. I can sit in the back of a car and ride cross-country if you know where you're going and you know how to take me there.

If you're black, you can't just be ordinary. All successful black people are extraordinary.

I'm just enjoying my life.I suggest you try it.