There's something really magical about having a child - it's like permission to begin again, start over, reevaluate some things, check yourself. Recognize yourself.

I need to find creative diversity because if I get stuck, I get unhappy.

When you get a jean for a larger girl, you have to have them tailored for you. Tailoring is indeed everything.

You have to be humble when you're dealing with God.

I just think fashion is about enjoying yourself and being comfortable in your skin and allowing you to be you - all the way live.

It excites me when a person puts their whole self in a song or rhyme, or instrument. It fills me.

A lot of the girls I grew up with were pregnant by the time they were 16. I just was lucky.

Music shouldn't be a chore or feel like any kind of burden.

My heart and prayers go out to all single moms because it's tough, and I can't imagine any teenager dealing with a baby and all those hormones raging.

I always wanted to be a renaissance woman, do as many things as I possibly can and hopefully do them well or don't do them at all.

I think all any artist or person wants to do is grow spiritually, emotionally, professionally and mentally.

I see myself being a great-grandmother at my great-grandson's graduation from a school that has my name on it.

I don't think I'll get married again. I'm not looking for it. What I can say about my divorce and my failed engagement is that I learned where my bar is.

I could float in the pool for hours, just letting the water carry me.

Power doesn't have to be on such a big scale for powerful things to occur. Within your own home, you can be a powerful woman as a mother, influencing your children's lives.

Everybody's looking for love, and you want to love somebody and be loved in return.

I like a man who smells good. Puts on cologne; lotions his body. It keeps me wanting. I like feeling that way.

All man-made religions are limited. I go my own way.

To be a queen of a household is a powerful thing.