Quotes from Brandy Norwood

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.

Now that the baby is coming, I will do a lot more balancing. I'm going to be a real mommy.

This is truly a blessing. Breyon Prescott, Peter Edge and Tom Corson believe in me and have introduced me to a home that also believes and knows exactly what to do with the type of music I'm doing.

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'm a little bit afraid to give my heart away right now. It's very scary. I'm open to it, but I just want to make sure that I'm taking my time.

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'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.

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 went through a struggle, and I really needed to get myself together and connect with my purpose, which is music.

I cried, I was so overwhelmed to meet Michael Jackson.

I needed to explore my talent and versatility and see if I had another side to me, another sound.

I wrote my own verses. Anything I did, I wrote myself.

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 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 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.

The mall is my life.

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.