I'm Still Standing Up There

As Aunt Naomi Was Listing All The Things She Was Going To Do To Help This Person, Her Friend Stopped Her In Mid-sentence. "naomi, Girl," She Said, "you Need To Resign As General Manager Of The Universe. You Need To Learn That Sometimes The Best Way To Help A Person Is To Let Them Help Themselves. Otherwise, They Never Learn How. And They Are Always Going To Make Their Problems Your Problems."

All These Little Heifers Who Can't Sing Are Called ‘divas’.

I Can't Do Some Of The Songs That Younger Girls Like Mary J. Blige And Beyonce Are Doing. They Have Their Own Place And I Have My Own Place.

I Know How To Put It On When It Comes To Interviews And Performing Because I Have To. But I'm Pretty Laid Back.

Here's The Thing About Faith: It Gives Us The Strength To Go On When We Want To Give In. It Gives Us The Courage To Get Up When We Want To Lie Down. It Gives Us The Power To Make A Way Out Of No Way When There Ain't No Way. Just As Love Can't Make You Strong Until Love Has Made You Weak, Well, Faith Can't Lift You Up Until Life Has Knocked You Down. With Faith Or Without It, We Can't Stop The Waves. But With It, We Don't Need To. Because With It We Can Ride The Surf.