It helps if you really enjoy your jobs. If you don't, then just think about the money.

For some women, a man is their whole meal. For me, life is a full meal and a man is just the hot sauce. If a man wants to be my whole meal, I say, 'That's nice, baby, but right now, I'm already full.

Finally, the complexities of black relationships are being portrayed in television and film.

I'm unable to ignore the gift that God gave me, so I'm going to sing.

It's definitely an exciting time to be an actress.

The suicidal lead shame-drenched lives.

Violence existed before our music was even suggested.

[To her younger sister on using drugs:] If you do that stuff, you're dancing with the devil, because you never know when you're going to cross the line and not be able to get back.

The difference between men who succeed or fail is their ability to handle pressure.

When I work out, I have energy and feel good about myself.

People don't change. There are two kinds of people in the world: winners and losers. Black and white. I don't know where gray fits in, or if you can even live in that shade.

The studio people want me to do "Good-bye Charlie" for the movies, but I'm not going to do it. I don't like the idea of playing a man in a woman's body - you know? It just doesn't seem feminine.

If I had my druthers, I would do a lot more.

It is much easier to imagine ourselves in the place of God the Creator than in the place of Christ crucified.

For me it comes down to one thing: I'm trying to follow my own nature.