Although becoming a singer was my plan A after first hearing Whitney Houston when I was 17, I started off with plan B by going to the teacher-training college that my dad went to. It was a slow coming of age.

Grammys, American Music Awards, successful albums, I'd pick my kids any day over any of it.

I'd lose my mind if I heard my kid call the nanny Mommy.

If I'm uncomfortable, you'd never know.

I grew up on a sugar plantation in Trinidad, on an expat estate, and that meant I had no idea about money until a lot later than most children.

I was deep into it - worldwide liberation politics as well as domestic - but by the end of the '80s, I had decided it all comes down to one single issue: campaign-finance elimination.

I don't think about the money side. I just think about how I can create a culture of winning.

Money is like an arm or leg - use it or lose it.