I’m expected to do what’s right; I want to leave a legacy of positivity behind.

I owe it to my fans to be who I am. There’s nothing fake about me.

Music always hits me when I’m driving so I keep a recorder in my bag.

My daughter recently reminded me not to get so busy making a living, I forget to make a life and I’m going to take that advice.

I haven’t always been the person I am today. I came into loving myself more than anything or anyone else.

I give and give, even when I get nothing back – and that sets me up for disappointment.

I’m the type of woman you might say is too good. I’ll massage a man’s feet, have dinner cooked when he gets home. But once they leave, the door is closed, and the locks are changed.

It feels great to be a role model and I’m very careful with the things I do. I’m not perfect, I do make a lot of mistakes, but I try my best.

Coming through the fire and through the storm of life with a strong man, my fiance Ashanti, whom I’ve been dating for eight months and two wonderful children beside me, I’m just so happy that I have been able to maintain my integrity and get to where I am today with the right energy around me.

I swear by that old expression, ‘One monkey don’t stop no show!’ The reality is, we still have some good men out there, and we should hail those men as the kings they are.