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A band isn't a band unless they're playing together. Otherwise, it's just five guys that are living off their royalty checks.

There have always been female artists and singers putting bands together all the time. But we were not always getting credit for that because we didn't know any better.

When it comes to girl bands, we're all rivals.

In this industry, all the heads of labels are men, but every artist has to prove themselves, regardless of their sex. I have always been very vocal about the women sticking together.

I went to a boys' school, and I didn't realize that most guys join bands because they wanted to get girls. I was not really focused on that the way everybody else was.

Given that there was that era of girl group music and it's still very popular, but I think if you looked at the chart from that time you would see many more men on it. Because the industry, they were catering to young girls. I mean, that's what they thought their audience was.

When you get together in a group, it becomes like a family, with the different personalities and the politics that comes with being in a band. It's different than bringing something in by yourself.

There are different chemistries you can have in different bands, and part of that's caused by the gender.

Women are a key part of the sound of the groups that accompany male singers like Kirk Franklin, Israel Houghton, and myself.