I had an attitude problem when I was a kid. I'm not gonna lie.
TLC always looked up to male bands. We saw guy groups could just go out and get the fans screaming by just standing there - fully clothed and with nothing but their music... We saw them as the competition more than the girl groups, with whom we wanted to stay unified.
In life, when you lose anyone, there's always an adjustment period - emotionally, mentally and physically.
Whatever your hustle is, go somewhere with it.
I have to thank God for bringing me through and allowing me to continue to do charitable work for other sick children suffering with sickle cell.
Some people criticize me for always wearing different variations of bobs, but bobs never go out of style.
I've worked in the studio with a lot of young girls, and they'll go, 'Oh, the label is telling me to take off my clothes, and I don't feel comfortable.' Well if you don't feel comfortable, don't do it.
I'm hoping that somehow with songs like 'American Gold' there will be some kind of justice, and people just stop being so close-minded to where they're like, 'Oh, it's not race.' It's easy to say that when you're not black and you haven't experienced it.