00:00We kind of knew that these were your jobs, but it also let you kind of re-evaluate and give
00:05yourself real credit for them being entrepreneurial endeavors.
00:11Yes, now. You know, it's funny because when I think back on my career and working with Destiny's Child, I
00:19was doing everything out of necessity.
00:22It wasn't because, and I didn't know I was producing, I didn't know I was creative directing, that term wasn't
00:28even a thing then.
00:30I was just doing what needed to be done. And a lot of times, never giving credit for it. And
00:35I was okay, a-okay with that.
00:37I actually liked hiding and being in the background. And I realized when I look back on it that I
00:44was literally this country woman with this big hair from Texas with this thick accent.
00:49And I would go into, you know, a TV show like The Tonight Show and have to fight with the
00:56lighting director.
00:57And they'd be like, this is somebody's mama, get her out of here. And they didn't take me seriously, but
01:03I would be a pest.
01:05And I would say, I'm sorry, but, you know, you got four black girls, you need more light on them.
01:09And they'd be like, who are you to tell me about lighting? But I was doing all these things.
01:15And I didn't feel enough, I guess, I didn't feel like I was professionally trained, so I would just be
01:26okay with somebody kind of pushing me to the side.
01:29Even though I bugged them enough to get it done, I never took credit for it.
01:33And so now I'm 72, and I'm like, you know, I was doing all these things.
01:39I was producing, I was directing, I was creative directing, and I feel really comfortable with it.
01:46And I'm just happy that I got to a point, because there's something about turning 70, and you don't give
01:52a shit anymore, excuse my French, about what people think as much.
01:56And so you're able to take credit. And so I'm really happy that that happened in my life, you know?
02:03And so I guess it'd be that way, but I do know where I came from, you know?
