I feel like it was just timing and that for the first time, I feel like this is an expression of who I am. |
I hope to be around past the 90's. I don't want to just be categorized as one of this era. My goal is to have a career that stands. |
I know I can be diva-ish sometimes, but I have to be in control. The nature of my life, the nature of what I do, is divadom, it really is. |
I know you're shining down on me from Heaven, like so many friends we've lost along the way. And I know eventually we'll be together, one sweet day. |
I look at this moment as an incredible blessing. It's part of my struggle. It's made me a stronger person and made me appreciate this. |
I used to play poker with my sister. But I think my low-cut dress put some of the guys off. |
I was supposed to be in my trailer getting a touch-up, which I desperately needed, but I had to come out and see Mary, ... I was so proud and happy for her that she was receiving the legend award because she's a true person and real artist. |
I'd rather be onstage with a pig - a duet with Jennifer Lopez and me just ain't going to happen. |
I'm inconsolable at the present time, I was a very good friend of Jordan, he was probably the greatest basketball player this country has ever seen. We will never see his like again. |
I'm not one of those people that goes into details of my personal life on national TV to get attention. Some things are better left unsaid. |
I'm really fortunate. I'm really happy, and I'm really really lucky to be where I am. |
I've been born again |
I've spent so much time working. |
If critics have problems with my personal life, it's their problem. Anybody with half a brain would realize that it's the charts that count. |
If they want to say 'comeback,' that's cool, [but] I've been making music my whole life. ... I will make music forever. |