As a young girl, I remember singing CeCe Penniston's 'Don't Walk Away.' It was like my jam.

Tomorrow, the busiest day of the week. I'm a big believer in putting things off, In fact, I even put off procrastinating.

It was not cool to be that fun, bubbly kid, so I would just go off on my own and sing and make up songs, and that's how I think I developed into the kind of artist and writer that I am.

I think that's my gift in this world is to put experience into music.

It’s nine o’clock on Sunday night/Do you know where your man is?

One of my biggest musical influences is definitely Ella Fitzgerald as a vocalist.

Everything in my house was either free or under 40 bucks, and people come to my house and can't believe that I picked up everything on the street or in a thrift shop.

I'm an around-the-way girl. I'm a singer, songwriter. I'm about positivity and spreading a good message and telling the people's story.

One of my dream collaborations is to work with Sade. I would love to work with Andre 3000, Miguel.

As soon as I could speak, I was singing. Before I could even speak full words, I would make up ones to sing and I have it on tape, too.

We are all connected. When one arm or foot is poisoned, the whole body becomes infected.

A good part of my leadership skills is crafted from learning from experiences early in my career that were not positive experiences.

It is relatively easy to design for the perfect cases, when everything goes right, or when all the information required is available in proper format.

My daughter, I'm proud to say, is senior vice president of ABC Family network. She could hire and fire me. She has hired me, but she has not fired me.

Of course, I think it is legitimate for the Commander-in-Chief to be concerned for the safety of his soldiers.

I felt my father's presence with me, helping me to commit to paper the feelings I had. I really heard my father speaking to me from the other dimension

That's one of the greatest curses ever inflicted on the human race, memory.

I will take his secret to the grave, telling people I meet on the way.

It feels like an amazing opportunity to positively impact the world. That's what I hope to do.

Nothing is sure in London, except expense.