Bob Johnson had the vision to create a network for us when nobody else was.

If you try to follow everyone else's mold, you'll probably fail at some point because God created us uniquely for a reason.

Award shows, like the Grammys, were tough on us early in hip-hop, not even televising our categories or splitting them up on best male or female or any of that. We had to earn them.

To me, doing a gay pride show is one of the most fun things. My first show that paid more than $10,000 was in a gay club on New Year's Eve in San Francisco.

I am a strong woman with or without this other person, with or without this job, and with or without these tight pants.

I feel like every woman is a queen, and we should be treated as such, and we should, you know, sort of request that sort of treatment from others.