I Was Very Shy. I'm Still Shy.

I Can't Do Some Of The Songs That Younger Girls Like Mary J. Blige And Beyonce Are Doing. They Have Their Own Place And I Have My Own Place.

I'm 60, And I Did 60-year-old Women Songs. I'm Not Trying To Be The Hip-hop Queen, Although I Am The Original Hip Hop Queen.

Here's The Thing About Faith: It Gives Us The Strength To Go On When We Want To Give In. It Gives Us The Courage To Get Up When We Want To Lie Down. It Gives Us The Power To Make A Way Out Of No Way When There Ain't No Way. Just As Love Can't Make You Strong Until Love Has Made You Weak, Well, Faith Can't Lift You Up Until Life Has Knocked You Down. With Faith Or Without It, We Can't Stop The Waves. But With It, We Don't Need To. Because With It We Can Ride The Surf.

In Matters Of The Heart It Is Always Better To Want Something You Don't Have Than To Have Something You Don't Want.

There Is Nothing More Personal Than Your Values. What You Will And Won't Do To Get Ahead, The Lines You Will And Won't Cross To Win, Whom You Will And Won't Step On For Personal Gain, Are At The Very Core Of Your Code Of Honor. And Your Code Of Honor Determines Your Character. And Your Character Is Who You Are. Behind Closed Doors. When Nobody Is Watching.