I paid my dues; I certainly did.
The duet with Frank Sinatra, 'What Now My Love,' is one of my favorites.
I wanted to design a line based on Hollywood's Golden Era. I talked with Stephen Burrows and with Willi Smith and with one or two other people, but it just seems like such a hard field to break into. I need someone like Calvin Klein's manager to get behind me!
I wouldn't be without Google, and I love Facebook.
Now, occasionally I will still have that quarter pounder because I love fast food, but you have to keep it to a minimum.
I used to have hamburgers coming and going, especially when I was on the road. Now, occasionally I will still have that quarter pounder because I love fast food, but you have to keep it to a minimum. I am now opting for salads and just healthier lunches.
I know people I feel are extremely talented, but I don't know that I've ever heard any geniuses.
You cannot define a person on just one thing. You can't just forget all these wonderful and good things that a person has done because one thing didn't come off the way you thought it should come off.
I came up in gospel.
Gospel goes with me wherever I go. Gospel is a constant with me.
Well, 20 Grammys is not bad.
I like 'Bootylicious,' 'Survivor' - my little granddaughter loves 'Survivor.'
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.
I think the hardest thing is losing weight. That's the hardest thing more than anything else.
In terms of helping people understand and know each other a little better, music is universal - universal and transporting.
Being a singer is a natural gift. It means I'm using to the highest degree possible the gift that God gave me to use. I'm happy with that.
You have singers that are trained, and then you have natural singers: people that, in my opinion, were just born to sing. And hopefully, I am one of them.
I didn't really want to sing at first, but my dad insisted that I do.
I think it would be a far greater world if people were kinder and more respectful to each other.
We've come a long way, but there is still a lot of discrimination.