I'm proud to be a woman. I'm proud to be a black woman, and I'm proud to be gay.

I love my family but my family - they're the type of people that never let you forget anything you ever did... I was in the first grade Christmas play - I'm playing Mary. Now, during the course of the play, I dropped the baby Jesus... They still talk about this. I go to my family reunion, and one of my cousins just had a baby. So I'm like, 'Oh, that's a cute little baby. Let me hold the baby...' And my aunt runs over, 'Don't you give her that baby! You know she dropped the baby Jesus!'

Seriously, I don't need a gun. I'm easily annoyed. I would shoot people in my house that I invited over.

What gets me is when celebrities aren't allowed to have an opinion on anything political. There's the whole 'Shut up and sing' thing.

To me, political office should be like jury duty. You should just get a notice in the mail one day and say, 'Aw, sh - , I'm secretary of state next month.

The first time onstage, a light went on. 'OK, this is my thing. I'm comfortable here. This is my thing.'

If you have a passion for it, then stop wishing and just do it.