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If I could be doing anything, I'd be laying on the floor in my birthday suit eating junk food and watching something dumb on TV.

I need my career. That's what validates me.

I would make far more money if every song were my own, but I don't write to fill up the album with my songs.

Typically, the theme of my albums, if there is a theme, is, 'How does it feel?' And that always leads to love songs. It just does.

I think there's no sacrifice too great for family, whether it's career, singing, whatever.

Historically, in my generation, all of my heroes and heroines have had issues and problems. We all do.

Chris Brown is brilliant. That cat is crazy brilliant, and I wish him the best.

It's impossible to write and produce a record when your parents are dying. I really tried, I really, really tried, but it just wouldn't come.

I used to sing at funeral homes for families that didn't have a vocalist. I didn't get paid. I needed to sing.

I'd love to be the political voice of my generation, but that's not my gift.

You leave home to seek your fortune and, when you get it, you go home and share it with your family.

I'm picking and choosing in terms of the stress factor. If it's not fun, I'm not going to do it.

Applause felt like approval, and it became a drug that soothed the pain, but only temporarily.

I don't think being black has held me back at all. Being black makes you strong.

Long tresses down to the floor can be beautiful, if you have that, but learn to love what you have.

I would say that my peak was making my first million at the ripe age of 29, after the first album.

When you're away for a long time, tastes change, fans move on. You hate to think about it, but it's an ugly fact of life.

I'm used to getting up at 7, getting breakfast, getting the kids off to school, and doing the mommy thing and the wife thing and the daughter thing.

I'm in love, sweet love. Feel me calling out your name, I feel no shame.

Most artists are notoriously insecure, and I fall into that category.

Time has nothing to do with the gifts that the gods give you; it's what you do.

As soon as you get off stage, that's the most dangerous time for a singer to kiss people because your vocal chords are receptive to any kind of germ.