I love producing, writing. I rarely write with other writers unless I have a real great respect for them. Like Burt Bacharach, or Carole Sager, or Stevie Wonder. Somebody like Smokey - like that. Otherwise, I choose to write alone.
If a song's about something I've experienced or that could've happened to me it's good. But if it's alien to me, I couldn't lend anything to it. Because that's what soul is all about.
I've been around long enough for people to know who I am and what my contributions are. They know me as more than just an artist. I think they know me as a woman as well.
Prince is gone. But the music will go on.
As long as it's good music. I love all music. It's got to be constructed properly.
I certainly enjoy Usher, Beyonce, Chris Brown, and there is Fantasia; these people will be around a while. They've got it. They've got the 'it' factor.
I donate heavily to the church and various churches in the Detroit community and food banks.
I like Beyonce's music - some of it, not all of it.
I love all music.
Falling out of love is like losing weight. It's a lot easier putting it on than taking it off.
I've probably cried with a lot of songs - in teenage crushes, adult crushes.
Music does a lot of things for a lot of people. It's transporting, for sure. It can take you right back, years back, to the very moment certain things happened in your life. It's uplifting, it's encouraging, it's strengthening.
Gospel goes with me wherever I go. Gospel is a constant with me.
Ariana Grande - I like her a lot.
He was definitely an original and a one-of-a-kind. Truly there was only one Prince.
I wouldn't be without Google, and I love Facebook.
I'm not ever going to retire. That's - that wouldn't be good, for one, just to go somewhere and sit down and do nothing. Please. No, that's not moi.
Being the Queen is not all about singing, and being a diva is not all about singing. It has much to do with your service to people. And your social contributions to your community and your civic contributions as well.
Well, Babyface brings his savoir faire to every project. He's a very easy producer to work with, very detailed in listening to everything.
I was in my dad's church, his Baptist church, and I think the first song I ever performed was 'Jesus Be a Fence Around Me.'
I came up in gospel.
Every birthday is a gift. Every day is a gift.
When God loves you, what can be better than that?
Everybody wants respect. In their own way, three-year-olds would like respect, and acknowledgment, in their terms.
The love of my life? I'm much too young to answer that question.