...the People At Large Absolutely Gave James

My Faith Always Has Been And Always Will Be Important To Me.

Let's Start With The Church. As You Know, It's My Background, It's A Natural Setting For Me And It's Definitely My Roots.

Being The Queen Is Not All About Singing And Being A Diva Is Not All About Singing. It Has Much To Do With Your Service To People. And Your Social Contributions To Your Community And Your Civic Contributions As Well.

If A Song's About Something I've Experienced Or That Could've Happened To Me It's Good. But If It's Alien To Me, I Couldn't Lend Anything To It. Because That's What Soul Is All About.

I Was In My Dad's Church, His Baptist Church, And I Think The First Song I Ever Performed Was 'jesus Be A Fence Around Me.'