I try to only commit myself to things that I think I can accomplish and commit myself to 100 percent. I try not to bite off more than I can chew..

Anyone who knows me knows that I'm way more of a joker than I am a serious person..

I promised my mom that if, after a year of putting 150 percent into my career it didn't work out, I would go back to school. I never did go back..

There are a lot of people who helped make Queen Latifah who she is today. I don't forget, but a lot of people do and get big heads..

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..

My house borders horse farms, and I can look out my window and see the horses and the new colts. It's really peaceful..

As a rapper, you sort of act in music videos and in the persona you adopt onstage. You kinda have to put yourself out there and be courageous even to….

The reality is, I like imperfection. You take away from the world when you're not yourself. Whatever is unique and special about you was designed by ….

My mother and I definitely got to a point where we had to have a real conversation and talk woman to woman, or daughter to mother, friend to friend -….

You can't ask someone who is not making that kind of money to go to the record store and buy an album when someone down the street has the same recor….

Be bold, be brave enough to be your true self..

I have a no-die clause in every movie. The black people can't be dying all the time..

When it came time to be a professional rapper, I wouldn't sign anything without reading it. There was no way I was going to have people make decision….

I don't have to really be in the 60s. Every time I hail a cab in New York, and they pass me by and pick up the white person, then I get a dose of it.….

Putting on your crown is really like accepting the fact that you are a queen. You're a great woman. Wherever you are in life, just keep on that path,….

I'm a sucker for a man who cries. It just gets to me..

I love music. I've just been putting studios together, here and at my house in New Jersey and so I can always make music and express my ideas and wor….

When there's something that impacts a family member or friend, that is difficult for them, you want to do what you can to help. Sometimes you can't d….

To me, doing a gay pride show is one of the most fun things. My first show that paid more than $10,000 was in a gay club on New Year’s Eve in San Fra….

I'm probably proudest of being able to lift a lot of us out of the 'hood. That's the biggest thing, that I've been able to employ a lot of people and….

There are times you can't really see or even feel how sweet life can be. Hopefully its mountains will be higher than its valleys are deep. I know thi….