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" I'm a singer who thinks like a rapper. "

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" 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. "

" Just don't let the hype of what people are saying and how much they love you, y'know, just take the compliment and be thankful that people are complimenting you, but don't let it consume you; don't let your circumstances around you and the way people view you make you act a certain way. "

" 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 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.' "

" People know what they see but they don't know what's happening inside. If you want to know who you are and how you feel about yourself, take a look at your environment. "

" 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'. "

" I had to learn how to trust my gut. Trust what I know to be right... not right, but not waver on who I am. Know who I am, know what I want, and know it. Not waver on it and be secure in that. And I still struggle with it. But I really... I can't be moved. You can't move me, and that all comes with loving myself, and I'm like my best buddy. "

" No one intimidates me because I'm not trying to do what you do, because I can't do what you do. I can only do what Mary J. Blige can do, so that relaxes me right there, and it gets me out of the competition and that whole thing. "

" Music is where my love is. I don't think the acting thing is going to start outweighing that, but I think it's going to start being a good chunk of something I want to do. "

" Believe in yourself when nobody else does. "

Believe In Yourself

" Larry David makes me laugh. "

" 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. "

" I listen to gospel music. "

" So as long as I'm a human being and I'm not perfect, I'm able to say I'm having some growing pains. Because in order to sustain where you are once you made such a breakthrough that everyone is looking at you, now everyone is like, 'Ooh, is she gonna make a mistake?' Yes, I'm going to make a mistake. Yes, I'm still gonna do things. "

" There's not enough time to be disrespecting... Life is too short. "

Life Is Too Short

" I don't think I'll do foster care or adopt, to be quite honest. "

" I hated myself for so many reasons, and I thought so many things were my fault that happened to me growing up. "

" I've been praying to God to show me how to forgive myself. Because... maybe... that's the thing I've been searching for. "

" I didn't never have to go to a therapist. I just always put it in a song and you heard me. "

" I can't just make a song people can dance in a club to... it still has to be real. "

" I remember a time when all my fans were crying and sad and going through hell. Now, we're trying to uplift each other and accept ourselves for who we are, even if nobody else does. "

" I can see the music. I know what it looks like. I know what color it is. The words come easy, the tears come easy, and the joy comes easy. The music tells you what to do. "

" I barely have time for my own children. To adopt more children and not have time for them, that would be poor parenting on my part. "

" If I'm going to be the best in what I do, I have to study what I'm doing, I have to see what I'm doing. I have to see it, I have to hear it. I'm just starting to appreciate myself - not starting, but appreciating myself in a way where I can look at myself back in a movie or listen to myself as much as I do now. "

" When you come from so many damaged places you don't ever want to spiral back there, so you gotta continue to check yourself. "

" When you wake up and learn to love yourself and want to take care of yourself, things are harder because people don't like the idea of it. But when you get in trouble, it gives people things to talk about. "

" Thank you so much for supporting me from the day I stepped foot into the music industry. It really means something to me to have Maya Angelou speak on my behalf. It also means a lot to have Oprah on my speed dial! "

" I can have as many bad days as anyone. But I choose to say, 'I'm just fine.' "