I Am In Prayer For His Kids

All My Gowns Have Trains On Them. I Make A Train That Goes On Forever. I Love Long Trains And Then I Stand There And Twirl Around And Wrap Myself Up In It.

My Family Called Me A Wiggle Tail Because I Was A Little Skinny, Wiry Kid Full Of Energy.

I Think A Responsibility Comes With Notoriety, But I Never Think Of It As Power. It's More Like Something You Hold, Like Grains Of Sand. If You Keep Your Hand Closed, You Can Have It And Possess It, But If You Open Your Fingers In Any Way, You Can Lose It Just As Quickly.

I'm From A Singing Family, But They're Not Professional Singers, Only Gospel - My Grandfather Was A Minister. I Started To Sing The Music That Was Out Then Because My Mother Used To Play It All The Time. It Was The End Of The '50s, The Beginning Of The '60s. There Was Frankie Lyman And The Teenagers, Etta James... We Used To Sit Outside On The Stoop And Sing. We Even Used To Put Our Radios And Record Players Outside.

I Learned Something From That. If Someone Asks Me Something That I Really Don't Want To Do, I Say No. I Have To Trust That. And I'm Not Afraid To Talk Money.