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I've always had mostly women come out to see me perform. That's the reason the guys show up; they know R. Kelly is going to draw the women. Most of the songs I'm singing are catering to women anyway.

There are so many times that, as a woman in the music industry, you're asked questions no male musician would ever be asked.

To come to a concert and hear a lot of songs from a female perspective should not make men say, 'Oh well, that's for women'.

As a woman, you spend so much time either cooking or getting ready to go somewhere. I like to have music when I'm doing either of these things.

I think, in general, more women need to be involved in music and in the industry - that's been an issue.

I didn't think I could play in a band. It just wasn't an option - all band members were men, and bandleaders were men.

I feel like a part of my role being a musician and part of why I want to be a musician is to show women an alternative to sort of the cultural norms, the stereotypes of what we're supposed to be, demure and quiet and motherly.

There's still not as many women in music as men, and I don't really know why. I don't have the answers. I do wish there were more women that played music.

For me personally, I just try to prove myself in my work. I'm just trying to get better at what I do, and hopefully that will impact women in music, and hopefully the girls in the crowd will see my up there as a bandleader and think, 'Wow, maybe I can do that one day.'

I don't think of being a woman in an industry of men. I didn't walk into the kitchen and go, 'Ooh, I'm a girl!' I didn't get into my chosen profession. I wanted to be good at something.