You don't have a baby based on that publicity madness. People don't live like that. Especially black people who were raised in families with morals and standards and integrity.

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.

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 wanted to be a teacher. I love children, so I wanted to deal with children. Then I wanted to be a veterinarian. But by the age of ten or eleven, when I opened my mouth and said, 'Oh, God, what's this?' I kind of knew teaching and being a veterinarian were gonna have to wait.

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

I have a mother that's very strong and family that surround me and constantly tell me they love me.

What's in your soul is in your soul.