Instead Of Looking At The Past, I

My Life Has Often Been Described As 'from Rags To Riches' But In Fact, The Ross's Were Never Raggedy.

Discipline Is A Necessary Tool To Help You Get What You Want In Life. It Forces You To Stay On Center And To Move Away From The Things That Are Not Necessary.

My Children Come First And The Career Comes In Around That.

You Can't Just Sit There And Wait For People To Give You That Golden Dream. You've Got To Get Out There And Make It Happen For Yourself.

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.