I know that the music industry has changed, but I'd love it if Adele and John Legend would write me songs.
Either you can sing, or you can't.
When I was suffering with depression, people weren't talking about depression. It had a stigma.
If your mind is not willing, everything will go. There's so much great power of our mind that we take for granted, and how we think and what positiveness can do.
Some people run away from things.
For singers, our singing voice is our natural voice, not the speaking.
Aretha Franklin, first and foremost... That's my top girl there.
Usually, if someone wants an inspiring-type number - patriotic, gospel, big love song - then I think you do think of me.
It was a very hard decision to let people know about the multiple sclerosis because we're in an industry where illness is not something that show business likes.
I'm quite sure we all have a sweet love song that we dance to or recall from our wedding or something, like 'At Last,' but I think that it is the love-gone-wrong songs that touch even men.
When I was with Geffen Records, I weighed almost 400 pounds. The label told me that I had a great voice but wasn't marketable having a weight image.
Back in the day, if someone at the record label didn't care or like your music, it never got to the public. It just got shelved.
