The mall is my life.
— Brandy Norwood
I wash my face every night with Ivory soap, and I don't wear much makeup.
Mom would kill me if I showed my navel.
Now that the baby is coming, I will do a lot more balancing. I'm going to be a real mommy.
I certainly didn't want to date. I was through with guys.
'America's Got Talent' has really opened a lot of doors for me. I want to do a lot more TV.
I've just got to get that album out. I have to get it out, if it's the last thing I do.
I'll be a nun, raise my daughter, and make albums.
When I was a little girl, I remember carrying my orange UNICEF carton with me as I went Trick-or-Treating.
Nothing can stop me from loving my brother.
I feel like I needed a balance. I don't want to forget about my personal life and spending time with myself.
I wanna sing about something that's sexy and edgy.
I needed to explore my talent and versatility and see if I had another side to me, another sound.
When you get a chance to step back, you notice all these great things you've done and all these great people that you've worked with.
I'm going to let people know that it's cool to have a child and be young and still be a good mom. It's really tough, but I'm doing it.
I went through a struggle, and I really needed to get myself together and connect with my purpose, which is music.
I wrote my own verses. Anything I did, I wrote myself.
I'm always smiling and happy.
I go to McDonald's every day. But I don't eat much.
All my favorite stars, my family and my friends are here. I'm having the happiest birthday that an 18-year-old girl could ever have.
I've always wanted to be a mom at 23, 24ish, ever since I was a little girl. I'm right on schedule.
One day it just hit me. This is it. You are not in love. So either stay in it because you have a child or be brave and find the man of your dreams and marry him for real.
I think it's really finding that belief in yourself, where you just have it no matter what's going on, no matter what anyone else says. I think that's the challenge, is to really have that belief in yourself.
There's a lot of people out there who go through hard times, and they feel alone. They feel like nobody is there. But I'm in the same boat.
I think the Grammy is like the award, you know.
It's VH1, it's everywhere, and you know music is just the world right now. People love music.
Music is passionate. It's love for me.
I'm a woman now.
Right now, it's really about my fans knowing that whatever I believed spiritually at the time is what I believed. I just wouldn't deliberately lie to them just to save my image.
I definitely felt like I needed a break, because when you do so much, you're not able to appreciate the things that you accomplish.
I have so much to talk about. I have so much to share. There are so many different emotions going on inside of me right now.
To be on this set today, I feel very blessed for the second chance and for the opportunity, my record company believing in me and everybody here just showing me so much love and support.
It feels so great to be back on the scene.
I was rapping as a hobby. It was something I did for my friends and just played around on ideas and stuff like that.
I knew I had to make a sacrifice to do what I've always wanted to do.
The more natural, the better.
It's her first grandchild, so she's really, really, really excited. I guess my mom is a little more stressed out than me.
I have so much more to go through as a young lady. But oh my God. I feel like I can do anything.
I love basketball.
I've been gone for a long time. I really want to give the fans something that they deserve to have. So, I'm working really hard on this. I really want to make it the best work I've done so far.
I just feel my sexuality is private. I'm very shy about being sexy. That part of me has been so closed to the public eye. I've sold millions of records with my clothes on.
The idea of kids helping other kids is such a great way to introduce children to being involved in charitable causes and volunteer work, setting them on the path to doing good for others throughout their lives.
I can't believe Tina Turner actually was on the same stage. I can't believe I set foot on the same stage, and it's going to be an album, people are going to buy it, and it's going to be a video.
I take conscious breaks for myself 'cause I like to rejuvenate and get my creative juices flowing. I also like to take my time with my creativity; I think it's important.
I cried, I was so overwhelmed to meet Michael Jackson.
When you fall in love, you wanna share it with people but you know there are some things that you need to keep to yourself, 'cause privacy makes things last longer, I feel.
So when you get a chance to look at things and chill and relax, it makes you want it more, and that's why I'm so happy to be back!
It may not be the best in someone else's eyes, but it's the best I can do.
Music is all I know.
All I could think about was, 'I just wanna blow him away. I wanna make him proud, because I really wanna sign with Timbaland and spend the rest of my career making music with Tim.'
