I think over the years, being a mother, I've matured in so many ways.

Loneliness comes with life.

I'm either my best friend or my worst enemy.

I would stay in my room for days, for days at times, just trying to get it together, to know what my next phase was going to be.

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.

I've always been a thin girl. I'm not going to be fat, ever. Let's get that straight. Whitney is not going to be fat, ever. Okay?

Never let your heart take precedence over reason, otherwise you will have problems.