Brandy Norwood

I think the Grammy is like the award, you know.

It may not be the best in someone else’s eyes, but it’s the best I can do.

I love basketball.

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 certainly didn’t want to date. I was through with guys.

And I’m looking at him like, ‘Oh my God. This is Michael Jackson’. I fainted, blacked out – like seriously blacked out.

At the upcoming Grammy Awards, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony will perform together as the first time, as man and wife. Hopefully music.

I love being sexy; I’m never gonna stop being an exhibitionist

To me, they are equally important, as they represent a certain period in my life and times. With that in mind, it really is impossible to pick favorites.

I’m competitive with anyone who writes a good song – I don’t care if it’s a band or solo artist or whoever.

If you have your eye set on somebody, don’t beat around the bush.

I’ve sort of heard that “it” girl thing, but not really. Hearing it from a few people doesn’t solidify it in my mind and I wouldn’t know how to solidify that title. It’s so elusive and what does it mean, I don’t know?

I went to do my first big movie when I was 17. I was in South Africa for three and half months, and I was by myself.

I was rapping as a hobby. It was something I did for my friends and just played around on ideas and stuff like that.

[On husband Ryan Phillippe] I don’t think I can imagine a better guy than the one I’ve ended up with.

I believe I was definitely sent down here to take people away for a little while, to make them happy.

Life isn’t just about you: It’s about family and friends and giving back.

I laugh about it now. It was ridiculous, and it was calculatedly decadent. It was pretty horrendous, really. I remember feeling a bit ill at times. You know, in those days, the thing was to live it. And we lived it and loved it, and it was great. But that is another era.

I’ve been scared and I’ve liked not hanging on to stuff where I know that I’m in my comfort zone.

I think it’s the way I talk. I think they thought I was too country. And I’m not ashamed of that by any means.

As a 29-year-old, the only thing that I can possibly think is that if I’m still performing at 50, it’s because I’ll have had disastrous marriages and I have to pay for them.