Fantasia Barrino

I love Pilates, yoga, and spinning.

I want real love.

I like to play dress up, I'm in love with fashion.

People root for me in such a way that when they come to a show, the experience of not knowing what's about to happen is a great thing.

I think my purpose was just to get out and sing. I love to sing. I wasn't even in it for the - you know, the prize. I was, like, 'Hey, man, I'm going to sing.'

Cause when I had my child, people tried to make me feel like life was over for me, and I started to believe that.

My main thing is family first. This industry can get you so caught up that you're so busy chasing, wanting to be number one and wanting to be the richest that you lose sight of what life really is about.

I've been wanting to sing for a long time. I've been singing all my life, and I've tried different record companies, but it seemed like - it was such a struggle and so hard to get out there. So, I said, 'I'm gonna go on American Idol and see how far it takes me.'

You've got to make it a good example for those kids regardless of how much you mess up.

God didn't give up on me. I am somebody in God's eyes... Let me be a prime example of how I've been through the storm and the rain, and I made it over.

I want to still be singing at 70 years old. I want to be open to the dreams I haven't even dreamed up.

Everything in life is a fight. Everybody wants this microwavable life, and it doesn't work like that. I'm here to say, 'See what I went through? Look at me now.'