Brandy Norwood

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!

I have so much more to go through as a young lady. But oh my God. I feel like I can do anything.

My daughter hasn’t seen me with anybody in five years. I’m very, very selective when it comes to that because I want to make sure that it’s real. I don’t want her to see me with just anybody because she means everything to me.

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

I feel like I needed a balance. I don’t want to forget about my personal life and spending time with myself.

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

[on Syrian Refugee Crisis] We have a worldwide international catastrophe – talking about it is one thing, doing something about it is another.

I hope we left you with something to put under your pillow.

They put all this money into these huge movies, and then no one goes to see them… That sort of shows that they’re out of touch. Then, everyone in town passes on my little movie, and it does really well.

The fans are just as crazy. because we have the young fans and the old fans now, so it’s more like double-trouble for us.

I prefer being as far from the centre of celebrity as possible.

A designer told me that my wife was a master of light and I was a master of time.

[On Joni Mitchell] If I didn’t talk to her for the rest of my life, I wouldn’t miss her for a minute.

When it’s not your gig, you’re like, ‘I’m just gonna go to bed!’

I’m a Leo with something odd rising.

I was wearing my best gap turtleneck and my dates were two adult lesbians. So yea, I was pretty cool.

When you’re acting, you’re a character and you can hide behind that. Music is who you are right then and there – you can’t hide.

Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.

I always dream about other musicians. And they’re never interested in hanging out with us. It’s like being at school and the bigger boys don’t want to play with you!

My career has been a combination of hard work and timing. Working with Stevie Wonder at the Kennedy Center Honors was timing. The Tonight Show was timing. Carnegie Hall, that was timing. My marriage was timing. I was ready, I wanted to know what it was like.

You’re better off being a brick layer if you’re going to play guitar than a sheet metal worker.