I could get away with not taking care of myself as a bachelorette but as a mom I can't.

Partnership is the way. Dictatorial win-lose is so old-school.

What part of our history's reinvented and under rug swept? What part of your memory is selective and tends to forget?

The more vulnerable and the more confused the song is, the equal and opposite effect is how I feel after having written it.

It's a joke to think that anyone is one thing. We're all such complex creatures. But if I'm going to be a poster child for anything, anger's a gorgeous emotion. It gets a bad rap, but it can make great changes happen.

Society, magazines, posters, music videos, investment bankers. A lot of times, in my past anyway, looking within wasn't overly encouraged. Pretty much everybody proclaimed that fame would give me power and fortune.

I'm excited about there being more of a sisterhood these days. Back in the '90s there was a lot of hate - the women I looked up to as artists were dissing me! It's not so patriarchal these days - there's more love and a lot less hate!