I am not perfect! When I was a little girl I thought I was ugly. My nose was too big for my face.
Honesty, like my mama always says, is always the best policy.
I wear men's cologne - it gets the fellas!
When I get married, it will be for life - divorce is not an option.
I went to a predominantly white school, and I was the only black girl. I can remember thinking, 'I don't want to be as dark as I am - I want to be a little fairer.' I didn't want to be me.
It took a long while for me to know that I'm beautiful. I remember going through this phase when I was younger of wanting to pass by mirrors and not look at them. That was so ridiculous. I've learned now that beauty starts from within.
I'm from the South - I love to eat, and that's why I have to exercise.
Argh... I could be better with my time. I like to be punctual, but I could be better.
I never know when chat-up lines are happening! I don't hear them enough. I don't get hit on enough.
One thing that I had to remember in my personal journey in the music industry and coming up in the music industry was how many times I was told no. I was signed, I was dropped, I was signed, and I was put on a shelf.
I would never go blonde. I'd look crazy.
I made a stamp with Destiny's Child. We made a stamp together, above anything. And making a stamp on my own, I'm very proud.
I actually crashed the car I learned to drive on. It was a friend of mine's car.
I did live over in the U.K. for a while, so I guess I'm just naturally a Brit at heart.
I love doing collaborations - it's always good to do something that's out the box.
I saw someone the other day with yellow on their eyelids, and it looked so fresh. But I thought if I did that I'd look like a clown. So I went and I bought some yellow eye shadow from M.A.C. and I noticed that when you mix it with water it works better. So I tried it, and I looked like Big Bird. I will never do that again.
I actually started singing in church when I was about five years old. I remember looking at the choirs and just hearing all of those great big beautiful voices. And there was this one woman who could just wail. And I remember trying to sing like her when I was like going home.
