I do consider myself part of black history.

I don't think there's anything they can say about me that I haven't said about myself already. And I would be an absolute total liar, and my fans would not respect me, if I said that my life and my marriage are perfect. But we absolutely love each other we have fun together - it's great.

I wish I had an extra day with my mom sometimes. Or another hour in the day with my family, husband and children.

Music makes us want to live. You don't know how many times people have told me that they'd been down and depressed and just wanted to die. But then a special song caught their ear and that helped give them renewed strength. That's the power music has.

I barely have time for my own children. To adopt more children and not have time for them, that would be poor parenting on my part.