“If I weren't performing, I'd be a beauty editor or a therapist. I love creativity, but I also love to help others. My mother was a hairstylist, and they listen to everyone's problems - like a beauty therapist!”

“I grew up upper-class. Private school. My dad had a Jaguar. We're African-American, and we work together as a family, so people assume we're like the Jacksons. But I didn't have parents using me to get out of a bad situation.”

“When you really don't like a guy, they're all over you, and as soon as you act like you like them, they're no longer interested.”

“We all have our imperfections. But I'm human, and you know, it's important to concentrate on other qualities besides outer beauty.”

“If I weren't performing, I'd be a beauty editor or a therapist. I love creativity, but I also love to help others. My mother was a hairstylist, and they listen to everyone's problems - like a beauty therapist!”

“To be able to travel the world, especially to places I never thought I'd be... it's really, you know, still fascinating for me.”

“The great thing about McDonald's is that they have a lot of different things on the menu. I love their salads.”

“Whenever I'm confused about something, I ask God to reveal the answers to my questions, and he does.”

“I remember being in Japan when Destiny's Child put out 'Independent Women,' and women there were saying how proud they were to have their own jobs, their own independent thinking, their own goals. It made me feel so good, and I realized that one of my responsibilities was to inspire women in a deeper way.”

“We're African-American and we work together as a family, so people assume we're like the Jacksons. But I didn't have parents using me to get out of a bad situation.”

“For me, it's about the way I carry myself and the way I treat other people. My relationship and how I feel about God and what He does for me, is something deeply personal. It's where I came from, my family, I was brought up in a religious household and that's very important to me.”