I'm just fiercely protective. It's like, that's my lair and nobody messes with my lair.

I'm fiercely protective of my privacy.

I'm not crazy about arenas just because I can sell them out. It doesn't do anything for my ego at all. I want to play places where people don't have to sit in the nosebleed seats and wonder what the hell is going on.

I like being a woman, even in a man's world. After all, men can't wear dresses, but we can wear the pants.

Being around people like Aretha Franklin and Gladys Knight, Dionne Warwick and Roberta Flack, all these greats, I was taught to listen and observe.

I like to think that I've got determination, and I'm fiercely protective of the people I love.