Money doesn't make you confident, material things don't make you confident. Your work ethic makes you confident; your achievements make you confident… - Erika Jayne

I'm reckless, offensive
I destroy your defences
My guestlist is priceless
And yes, I run a tight ship
Bentleys and Benzys
Threw cashcard in Lenzies
And dollars and senses
Cha-ching
It's expensive to be me
Looking this good don't come for free
Oh bitch what? That's just who I be
It's expensive to be me

Here's the thing, it's the same person. It's just that some things that are appropriate on stage aren't appropriate at a dinner party, you know with a bunch of judges and lawyers. It's still saying how you feel, it's still being yourself, it's just knowing when and where. It's also knowing when to let someone else take the lead. That's exactly why Erika Jayne is so great, because when she's onstage, that's what she's supposed to do. To be over the top, to be peacocking. But it still resonates from the same place inside [me].

The day that my stepfather left was hard, though. Renee sat in a chair in the living room, wearing a pair of navy shorts and a purple polo shirt. She was sobbing into her hands. Her face was pressed into the side of the chair. I thought - and I will never forget this - I don't ever want to be like that. I love my mother, but in that moment, I saw her as weak. I knew that she could survive without a man, but she wanted a partner so badly that she let him ruin her life.