I Never Do Any Album To Beat

When Life Is Real, It's Not Going To Be Smooth.

It's That First Step-getting Out The Door-that's The Toughest. If You Can Do That, You've Already Won.

As A Child I Always Wanted To Be A Singer. The Music My Mother Played In The House Moved Me - Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Mahalia Jackson. It Was Truly Spiritual. It Made You Understand What God Was. We Are All Spirits. We Get Depressed. But Music Makes You Want To Live. I Know My Music Has Saved My Life.

Yonkers Made Me Strong And Made Me Believe In Myself, Because So Many People Would Doubt You And Not Believe. There Are People That Would Believe In You, But The Environment Was So Harsh, Nobody Wanted You To Get Out, You Know?

God Comes First - If I Don't Love Him, I Can't Love Anybody, And If I Can't Love Me I Can't Love Nobody.