My mom was a diabetic. Her sister was a diabetic, so I was already a candidate.

I swear by that old expression, 'One monkey don't stop no show!' The reality is, we still have some good men out there, and we should hail those men as the kings they are.

I would never disrespect any man, woman, chick or child out there. We're all the same. What goes around comes around, and karma kicks us all in the butt in the end of the day.

I give and give, even when I get nothing back - and that sets me up for disappointment.

I'm the type of woman you might say is too good. I'll massage a man's feet, have dinner cooked when he gets home. But once they leave, the door is closed, and the locks are changed.

Music always hits me when I'm driving so I keep a recorder in my bag.

I think people's perception of a rich girl is literal, but metaphorically I embrace it as being rich in love, spirit, joy and religion. So it's not about money.

I have a massage when I want to relax. I love being pampered. I love island massages when you're outside in the fresh air.

Depending on which day, and how I am feeling on that day, I have a different favorite song on the album. One day it might be 'Karma', and other days it is 'Stay For A While'

I haven't always been the person I am today. I came into loving myself more than anything or anyone else.

I can be strong for everybody except myself. I can tell somebody, 'Hey, keep it together', but I can't take my own advice.

The ocean has limits, but true love does not.

The Captain of the Watch says if you're still in the City by sunrise he will personally have you buried alive.

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the roots.

Thinking you know when in fact you don't is a fatal mistake, to which we are all prone

One of the main things for a leader is to eliminate confusion.

The English are no nearer than they were a hundred years ago to knowing what Jefferson really meant when he said that God had created all men equal.

Success is doing ordinary things extraordinary well.

Once I’m done with a book, I’m done! I’m just not a sequel kind of girl. By the time I’ve finished a book I’ve read it so many times that it’s time to move on.

The trials and tribulations in your life make you stronger.

If you want music that speaks to you, that LISTENS to you, you have to go out of your way, which I enjoy actually. I'm constantly on a private-eye kick to find the totally obscure