All Quotes

Loneliness comes with life. ”

I'm a person who has life and wants to live, and always have. ”

When I decided to be a singer, my mother warned me I'd be alone a lot. Basically we all are. Loneliness comes with life. ”

When I heard Aretha, I could feel her emotional delivery so clearly. It came from down deep within. That's what I wanted to do. ”

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. ”

In grammar school some of the girls had problems with me. My face was too light. My hair was too long. It was the black-consciousness period, and I felt really bad. ”

I'm good where I am at this moment. ”

My daughter is my greatest inspiration. ”

I believe that children are our future. Teach them well and let them lead the way. Show them all the beauty they possess inside. ”

I used to put on spray tan, like, three times a day, and it just looked like there was a terrible accident in my bed at all times... it looked like a crime scene. ”