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" I don't have any health problems, but to keep your health improves your quality of life. "

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" If you're here right now in your life, your journey continues and you've lived to tell the story. "

" When you tell your truth, you are coming from a real place, so you are automatically a leader. "

" I don't know. Only God knows where the story ends for me, but I know where the story begins. It's up to us to choose, whether we win or lose and I choose to win. "

" Life is full of trials and tribulations. It's dramatic when you don't treat people right when you're in the tribulations, but I know now how to get out of it. You have to make a decision to say 'No more', and then you know what to do when the trials happen. "

" I was inspired to create 'My Life' so I could finally share a personal part of my life beyond my music. "

" I wish I had an extra day with my mom sometimes. Or another hour in the day with my family, husband and children. "

" I wish I had known that education is the key. That knowledge is power. Now I pick up books and watch educational shows with my husband. I'm seeing how knowledge can elevate you. "

" It's challenging to find an identity as a young person if you don't have the sustenance of love, because you're being shipped around. "

" 'My Life' is soft, with notes of pear and gardenia, but still bold, with a woody base. "

" Without your health, everything else means nothing. "

" Sometimes I frown and I don't realise it. "

" It's OK showing yourself some love. "

" My God is a God who wants me to have things. He wants me to bling. He wants me to be the hottest thing on the block. "

" I'm a child of God. God is my mommy, my daddy. That's the only thing that'll keep my head up. If I don't remember who I am in him, I'm done. "

" When I was a kid, I needed to sing because it makes me feel good about myself. It makes me feel good, period. "

" It was only for two years, and I jumped from family to family. It's very scary. "

" I still get nervous about singing. I drink tea with honey and lemon before every concert. And I need to have scented candles in all of my hotel rooms. "

" I used to think I was ugly. I thought I looked like a camel. A person who doesn't love themselves, they will see anything that pops up on their face. I've seen squirrels, I've seen a bird, and I've seen all kinds of animals on my face. But that is the result of self-hate. I've learned to say: 'You know what? I am a beautiful black woman'. "

" Once you climb to another level, you have to figure out how to sustain it. "

" Everything is scary if you look at it. So you just got to live. "

" In the inner city, there's a mentality that the government owes you something. My breakthrough came when I stopped feeling sorry for myself and took responsibility for every part of my life. No more pity parties. I've gotta love me more than anybody else loves me. "

" You demand respect and you'll get it. First of all, you give respect. "

" When you finally understand who you are, ages 6 through 60 will understand who you are. Because when they see a person that's come through all that I've come through, still standing, it's amazing. "

" I believe this generation should know their history and they should know that the struggle's not over yet. "

" I'm my worst critic, and I like the fact that I can listen to myself now and make fun of myself, listen, make changes - 'Oh, man, that's messed up. Okay, I need to work on that; I need to work on this.' "

" Larry David makes me laugh. "

" It's not just songs and glamour. It's sweat, blood, broken toes, and mistakes... It's life. "

" Nowadays, with the state of the music business, for any artist, whether you're up-and-coming or you've been in it for awhile, you have to explore different revenues and different ways of expressing yourself. "

" My main exercise is cardio. The treadmill is fine, but running outdoors gives me the best results. I try to log 6 to 8 miles a week. I could be in the worst mood, but when I do my cardio, I feel much, much better. "

" I just love food, period. "