A lot of times I watch TV and I watch film and there's so many things I'd love to talk about that I feel don't get the opportunity to be shown. Sometimes things become very stereotypical and one-sided, and I feel like it's such a colorful world.

The last thing I want is to walk into my house after a long day and see all the Grammys and awards. It would make me feel weird.

I've been able to find a lot of what I've not had before: freedom, bravery, fearlessness. It's empowering to find those things.

You don't know what will happen from one minute to the next.

Some of the greatest artists did their best work when they got political.

You're at your most purest, most innocent, pure state when you're doing something you've never done before. You're scared a little, you're a little vulnerable, you're kind of trying, and then you're also better, because you're trying harder than you maybe would try.

I love children and I love family and I love that interaction. Because I had a really close relationship with my mother, I understand that deep powerful love, and it's so beautiful. To be a mother to a child is the most brilliant gift; it's gorgeous.