My fans have grown up with me and seen my life change over the years, from a young girl with 'Goodies' to a full-grown woman and now mom.

I want to be one of those moms and women that when I look back, I know that I always stayed focused.

You have to be super focused when you're boxing. After I've done a few rounds, I feel as if I can conquer the world.

I never understood when people would say, 'I would die for my child,' but you become so selfless.

Usher is amazing. He's perfection to me as a performer. He gets down.

There was a whole newfound confidence that came over me after having my son.

As an artist, I think it's important to always keep growing, and I definitely want to keep challenging myself.

A lot of people don't realize that when you're trying to lose weight, or just trying to stay fit, 85 percent of it is what you eat, and 15 percent of it is how you work out.

I definitely want to get more active in the film world. My experiences I've had thus far have been really fun, and I definitely feel my best is yet to come in that world.

I wasn't a big fan of Instagram at first. I felt it was watering down the way music is perceived 'cause it made things seem more normal.

Before I had a child, I had goals. And I still have to accomplish those goals, but now that I have a child, I have more goals to accomplish. So I can't waste time.

Moms, take it from me: do not buy your baby too many shoes when they're so tiny, because their feet grow every week.

Being a mom to my son has taken precedence over everything in my life, and I think that's the order it should be... It's a great challenge that I don't think's ever gonna stop.

Music that comes from the heart - that's the music that moves me.

I think it's so fun when I get to work with women writers in particular because we really understand the core story or foundation as women. That's so important to me that the authenticity is there, you know, from the place that I speak from for my women. Having other females with me helps me dig deeper.

I've always had a strong love and a sense of care for kids. And the one thing is evident and is so true - the kids are our future.

You're only a new artist one time, and I can just say I'm so blessed. I feel so inspired to do other things, to be so much more.

Having a child with someone, you're always going to be respectful of that. But the song 'I Bet' was honestly inspired by my life experiences - I can't just say it's from one experience.

I love the Fashion Fair Concealer Wheel. That's my little secret. It comes with three colors in it. What I like about it is that you could almost cover your whole face in it if you want because you can mix the colors to create the perfect shade that works with your skin.

I never had vocal lessons, dance classes, or any of the things my peers had.

More than anything, I realize I've been blessed to make great music.

Everyone loves to dance. I've realize that's a part of what I do more and more every day.

I was so driven that sometimes you don't recognise all the good things that are happening to you.

Moms can be fresh, fly and young, and that's the kind of mom I want to be.

My mom and I don't have a lot of photos of my early years.

When I start training, I get very serious and focused about it. I probably train 4-5 days a week, and I eat probably eat 5-8 small meals a day to keep my metabolism going.

It's sad how people want to see us females go against each other. Never been for that. Never will.

I learned everything along the way. I only performed five times before I was in the public eye.

I do not like going to the dressing room and trying on millions of outfits. I just look at something and hope that it will work. I try it on at home, since I don't like going through the whole process.

I don't want to be a burden on anybody.

I've had a blessed life. I've pulled back from trying to control my destiny and gone back to accepting whatever fate has in store for me. I live for today because I don't know what'll happen tomorrow.

It's true what they say: 'You don't appreciate what you've got until it's gone.' I miss love. I miss being looked after.

I love books and the latest autobiographies. I'm a Gemini and love being with people, but then again, I love my own company, which is when I read most.

I remember one day my son, our Robert, was looking at me on the settee and looking at me on the television, and then all of a sudden he said: 'Why don't you bring that pretty mummy home with you?' And I thought: 'Oh dear, I'm going to have to dress up at home now as well!'

I am falling apart. My hand is falling apart. I can't shake hands. I had arthritis, and I had an operation for it.

I've had days when I go in my bedroom for 24 hours at a time. I call them my Cilla Black days, and they're literally black days. It's like the old Boomtown Rats song 'I Don't Like Mondays.' You just want to shut the whole day down.

On my gravestone, I want 'Here lies the singer,' not 'Here lies the T.V. presenter'.

I'm a Roman Catholic. Or was. I was brought up that way and used to say my prayers every night, but I don't pray to God any more. I might use the usual phrases I picked up from my parents, 'Oh, if God spares me next year...' or 'Please God...' but they're only phrases.

I don't want to live beyond the age of 75. That would be a good point to bow out. I don't want to go on for ever.

'Blind Date' was my lifeline. It was 90 minutes when I could forget about everything, forget about the world.

If I can't eat the meal in a restaurant, and the waiter asks, 'Is everything all right, Madam?', I tell them that I'm on a diet.

I tried never to take anything for granted.

The first time I went to Abbey Road and put those headphones on, I discovered I had two voices. I no longer had to shout in the studio, but I can't knock the Cavern or the other clubs because they gave me my strong voice.

The best advice he gave me was to carry on. It would have been difficult to set foot back inside a TV studio if I hadn't carried on - I don't know if I would have ever gone back in.

I'm apolitical. Where all that Conservative business came along from, I don't know.

It's hard to watch your life unfold, and sad. Life changes.

The nicest thing about coming of age is that I can do whatever I like.

I like being in charge of the remote control.

I've got a bike in the lounge that I watch Coronation Street on. I never had to watch my weight until I had the children, but with the bike, I'm fine.

I was reading about an age pill that has been developed which they claim will make you live longer. That is not for me.