Vanity

Every day, I wake up and say, 'Good Morning, Jesus.'

day good wake-up morning

I never thought, 'Oh God, I'm in Prince's shadow.' He'd been performing for years, and he was my teacher.

thought shadow god teacher

I apologize profusely to those I have offended deeply a million times over.

apologize those over offended

I don't listen to my old music of Vanity's unless I have to hear it playing in a mall or something place like that.

listen something place music

I was young and irresponsible, a silly woman laden with sin, not caring for anything except fame and fortune and self. But I have lived seeking truth in Jesus Christ and found it has made me free.

woman me truth self

I had internal bleeding with blood clots on the brain. I was completely blind and deaf. I had a heart attack and a stroke.

blind brain heart blood

I sing to Jesus for Jesus now. This gives me pure joy... worship!

me pure worship joy

Getting past my past... was a process, a very serious process indeed.

indeed serious process past

Things have changed. Now it's not the outward appearance, it's the inward man that I'm trying to change. And that's the message I bring to the people.

man appearance change people

I go to wherever God calls me, wherever the church calls me to come to minister and preach the word of God.

go me church god

I was miserable the entire time I was Vanity. I spent so many days and so many nights crying, hating who I'd become.

become vanity miserable time

According to God's word, we haven't done a very good job concerning our little ones, nor our teens.

job good done god

'Vanity' means worthlessness.

worthlessness means vanity

Vanity was a joke. She was an image created to make money.

image joke she money

I look at singing and acting as one career, and I love the chance to do both in the same project. I need to do both. When I'm doing one, I miss the other.

look singing chance love

I wish I had come along when the studios were making those big musical pictures. It would be great to do re-makes of some of the old ones like 'Porgy and Bess' or 'Showboat.' I'd love to do 'em.

pictures great wish love

I'm totally comfortable with myself.

totally myself comfortable

People think stars never have any problems or cares. That's bull. Why would we show any more than one mask to the public. There's a whole lotta things I've done that I don't want to think about. But I bring it all right out when I need it for a role.

problems think stars people

I never want to be that person again, that Vanity.

person never vanity want

Boy, it is not fun suffering in this body of weak flesh, but Jesus is straightening out all my crooked places.

boy body suffering fun