“I finally faced the fact that it isn’t a crime not having friends. Being alone means you have fewer problems.”

My daughter is my greatest inspiration.

I decided long ago never to walk in anyone’s shadow; if I fail, or if I succeed at least I did as I believe.

I have a mother that’s very strong and family that surround me and constantly tell me they love me.

When I heard Aretha, I could feel her emotional delivery so clearly. It came from down deep within. That’s what I wanted to do.

I would stay in my room for days, for days at times, just trying to get it together, to know what my next phase was going to be.

From the beginning, the camera and I were great friends. It loves me, and I love it.

Nobody likes to be picked on. Nobody.

I’m not crazy about arenas just because I can sell them out. It doesn’t do anything for my ego at all. I want to play places where people don’t have to sit in the nosebleed seats and wonder what the hell is going on.

I’m proud of being a mother, a wife, a daughter, and a sister, and a lover and a friend We’re all God’s children.

I’d rather be alone than unhappy

I believe the children are our future

I feel so blessed to just have done what I had done. To be able to just use what God has given me is a blessing. You know, never mind the Grammys, never mind the records, never mind all of that. Just to be able to sing.

If I should die this very day, Don’t cry…cause on Earth We wasn’t meant to stay.

I’m a person who has life and wants to live, and always have.

My mother taught me that when you stand in the truth and someone tells a lie about you, don’t fight it.

I wish to you, joy and happiness. But above all this, I wish you love

Everybody will make mistakes, and for some that mistake will rise to the level of being a crime.

She replied in smiles, as if words were a crime.

Getting smart on crime’ does not mean reducing sentences or punishments for crimes.

Make crime pay. Become a lawyer.

It is a crime not to try to move ahead with fear, leaving your dreams in the middle. Your fear makes you commit this crime.

I am fascinated by crime scene investigating. I swear, I wish I was a crime scene investigator sometimes!

Low aim, not failure, is the crime.

Two criminals were crucified with Christ. One was saved; do not despair. One was not; do not presume.