I am a thinned-skinned type. I am very sensitive, very emotional. Vulnerability is kind of always a part of my day.

I don't always feel lucky, but I'm smart enough to try.

Let's show them all how it's done, let's do it all imperfectly.

If you turn on the TV, you're going to get a certain palate, and if you go looking underneath the surface, there's a whole lot of stuff there that I think a lot of our generation would be really interested in.

Music has as many roles as people make it. I traveled to Burma once years ago to witness the people's struggle for democracy, meet some people and learn some stuff. And I had this incredible experience over and over again in the Burmese jungle or refugee camps or health clinics with very oppressed, very devastated people. I show up, and I'm white and I'm American and I'm privileged and I have an experience that these people can't fathom and vice versa. There was this huge chasm when I met people for all good reasons.

I will not be afraid to let my talent shine.

I'm the color me happy girl, Miss live and let live. And when they're out for blood, I always give.