I'm born to do music. I'm born to act. I'm born to dance and all of these things, and I will be respected.

I'm a bombshell, so I'm going to do me. If I want to go platinum, I'm going platinum.

In my day, in my era, Ralph McDaniels, just being five and being at his block party, you could just got onstage.

When I was 17 years old, I put out an album while my mother was dying of cancer. That right there alone is a struggle. That's hard. That's tough for anybody.

I like the OMG Girlz. They're real and they're friends.

MC Lyte definitely embraces me. Jada Pinkett Smith embraces me. Those are two people that I can call and get advice. Those are two people that will call me to see what I'm doing.

Good words alone does not make a person good, but good deeds makes a person great.

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I think love is one of the most elusive things in the world. I don't know that there's a perfect formula for it and that's what makes the stories interesting.

I work eight hours a day, but I'm not writing all that time. I'm thinking, editing, looking something up. Thinking is what I do a lot of.

However good or bad you feel about your relationship, the person you are with at this moment is the "right" person, because he or she is the mirror of who you are inside.

I was blessed to grow up in really interesting times and to go back to a home where I was very safe.

A signature always reveals a man's character - and sometimes even his name.

How easy it is to destroy the past and how difficult to forget it.

In the locker rooms, I'm always suggesting, "You need Berlei." Because it's the best brand for women and for me.