Crack is cheap. I make too much money to ever smoke crack. Let's get that straight. OK? We don't do crack. We don't do that. Crack is whack.

I'd rather be alone than unhappy

I love to sing, but it's just not fun anymore.

Learning to love yourself, is the greatest love all

My mother was the first singer I had contact with. She sang constantly to us around the house, in church.

There can be miracles when you believe.

I don't like it when they [media critics] see me as this little person who doesn't know what to do with herself -- like I have no idea what I want, like I'm just a puppet ... That's demeaning to me, because that ain't how it is, and it never was.