I have this vintage Harley-Davidson motorcycle jacket. When I put it on, it has this supercool feeling to it.

I believe AIDS is the most important issue we face, because how we treat the poor is a reflection of who we are as a people.

I don't know if we tell women great news about themselves enough. You'd be surprised how often a young woman doesn't hear positive things about herself - not in her home, not at school. It's hard to create a beautiful image for yourself when you've never seen it or heard it.

When I was first learning songs, I'd have a favorite song, and I'd take the chords and twist them around. I'd learn the chords and then play them backward. That was my first experimenting with writing a song.

You've got to love what's yours.

I'm not ashamed of what I am and that I have curves and that I'm thick. I like my body.

I am able to hang with the hardest, the baddest, the worst, and I'm able to hang with the most proper and be at ease. I'm able to hang with any skin colour, any belief. I just fit in everywhere.