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 wish to you, joy and happiness. But above all this, I wish you love

I'm tired of people taking off their clothes.

I like being a woman, even in a man's world. After all, men can't wear dresses, but we can wear the pants.

I'm an old-fashioned girl. And I love gospel. I like things that lift me up, inspire me.

I'm proud of being a mother, a wife, a daughter, and a sister, and a lover and a friend We're all God's children.

I've turned down a lot of arena dates because I've done the big-arena thing. Now, I want to do something where people can feel me and I can feel them.