“I’m not vain, I’m insecure.”

If you just believe in me. I will love you endlessly.

See, I’m looking for a man that’ll rub me slow, make me sing real high when he goes down low.

I always felt like the rug could be pulled out from under me at anytime. And coming from a racially mixed background, I always felt like I didn’t really fit in anywhere.

I’m very hard on myself and I have too many issues.

I’m not one of those people that goes into details of my personal life on national TV to get attention. Some things are better left unsaid.

If you believe in yourself enough and know what you want, you’re gonna make it happen.

I’m really fortunate. I’m really happy, and I’m really really lucky to be where I am.

A lot of people are singing about how screwed up the world is, and I don’t think that everybody wants to hear about that all the time.

I think one of the reasons I pushed myself so hard and worked so hard is because I never felt special.

I never thought that I would have love again, but it’s amazing how the universe brings love to you.

Everyday is a holiday with me.

I am thinking of you in my sleepless solitude tonight.

I’m not a subscriber to walking into large corporate entities that I have to walk into and be waiting in line, because then I have to stand there.

If two people want to get married, it’s their prerogative – we hope. Everybody should be able to do what they want to do and be in the pursuit of happiness.

If critics have problems with my personal life, it’s their problem. Anybody with half a brain would realize that it’s the charts that count.

Stay triumphant, keep on living. Stay on your toes, get off the ropes. Don’t let ’em ever count you out.

Don’t let insecurity ruin the beauty you were born with.

The 1990s were also when a bunch of the soft-shoe language for race, gender, and class became paramount.

Because before that I wasn’t thinking about systems or food insecurity or whatever.

I am so weak over love and heartbreak.

Welcome to a life of insecurity and paralyzing self-doubt.

I think our insecurities are our biggest challenges, and we all have them. Trust me, I’ve got plenty of my own.

I was an insecure kid. Once I saw ‘Hercules’ with Steve Reeves, it completely changed my life. If I had never gone to that film, I wouldn’t be here today.

It’s insecurity that is always chasing you and standing in the way of your dreams.