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

Jill Scott

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.

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 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.

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.

If a woman is happy, then your society is happy.

In order to grow emotionally and mentally, sometimes you have to grow physically as well. I'm just trying to grow, man, and always I just want to be the best and most confident me I can be.