I'm Not Vain, I'm Insecure.

It's Not Easy That Everything You Do, Everybody Has To Come In And Critique It And Give Their Opinion. Sometimes It Does Help Me And Sometimes It Hurts Me As A Person. That's Life. I Have Feelings.

Heartbroken And In Tears Over The Shocking Death Of My Friend, The Incomparable Ms. Whitney Houston. My Heartfelt Condolences To Whitney's Family And To All Her Millions Of Fans Throughout The World. She Will Never Be Forgotten As One Of The Greatest Voices To Ever Grace The Earth.

I Prayed Very Hard For This To Happen And It Happened. I Don't Even Think About What I've Achieved, I Haven't Focused On It And I Wish I Had, Because I Really Want To Enjoy It, And I Don't Know If I Am Enjoying It, Because I Am Going Through My Life Like A Bulldozer. I Still Haven't Marveled At It.

You Can Fight Against People, And Fight To The Death, But ... Can't Control The World.

We've All Been Influenced By Other People...if Minnie Riperton Never Existed, Would I Have Even Thought Of Singing In That (upper) Register? I Doubt It.