"I love riding, even if it's just my Vespa. You just zip and do your thing. I find there's a different awareness when I ride; it connects me to my senses and to God."
"My house borders horse farms, and I can look out my window and see the horses and the new colts. It's really peaceful."
"I'm a sucker for a man who cries. It just gets to me."
"I've been giving back since I was a teen, handing out turkeys at Thanksgiving and handing out toys at toys drives for Christmas. It's very important to give back as a youth. It's as simple as helping an old lady across the street or giving up your seat on the bus for someone who is pregnant."
"I feel like I've set the example for loving your body no matter what size it is, but I also can set the example for being healthy as well."
"I don't eat bad food. I probably just eat too much food, and I think a lot of people do."
"I like Pirate's Booty. Prunes and olives, too. I love hummus. I can eat that until I die. I tend to eat mostly organic food."
"Beauty is not just a white girl. It's so many different flavors and shades."
"I would say I'm voluptuous. Statuesque. Definitely curvaceous."
"I got a few marriage proposals in my 20s. I just wasn't ready. I just knew if I committed, I would've wound up doing something wrong, messing it up. I still felt like I had some living to do."
"I totally want, like, 18 babies."
"I want to have and adopt. I always have; ever since I was 18, I wanted a baby, and I wanted to have and adopt because there are a lot of kids. I want to adopt an American baby though, you know what I mean, no offense. Just because there are so many kids here that need our help."
"I have always felt strongly about empowering women. I'm living proof that, with confidence and by believing in yourself, you can accomplish any goal."
"I am a strong woman with or without this other person, with or without this job, and with or without these tight pants."
"I've hosted the Soul Train awards, the American Music Awards... and I had my own talk show. So if I can't host by now, what the hell can I do?"
"I often go to bed in my birthday suit. But I like teddies and cute little undies that match. I like a sexy bra and panty set, or little shorts."
"I'm cool with myself. If I can't have the body of Angie Bassett, so be it."
"As a teenager, I had big breasts for my age, and my friends cracked on me a lot."
"I often find it's just the confidence that makes you sexy, not what your body looks like. It's how you feel about yourself that makes you sexy."
"I clean up really well. I can get dolled up."
"I have my dad's shape. No booty."
"When I'm wearing too-high heels and swaying my hips, I do that Sharon Stone kind of thing - she has the sexiest walk, a New York cool thing that throws you back."
"My legs are nice, my lips are shapely, and my breasts are pretty. They popped up when I was 11 and they weren't small then. I was teased, but now those kids wish they had what I have!"
"People have often asked me, do I want to be the next Oprah - there is no such thing. Oprah is Oprah, and she's still being Oprah if anybody hasn't noticed... what I bring to TV is myself... I really think there's space in daytime TV for a whole bunch of fun, some amazing music, and some heart."
"Having Black hair is unique in that Black women change up styles a lot. You can walk down one street block in New York City and see 10 different hairstyles that Black women are wearing: straight curls, short cuts, braids - we really run the gamut."
