I don't even have voice mail, and people get all out of shape about that. But, you know what, I don't want to transcribe your message; I want to talk to you. And that kind of freaks people out a bit. They go, 'Oh, who has time to talk?' and I'm like, 'Well, I'm gonna make time.

Long tresses down to the floor can be beautiful, but learn to love what you have.

As soon as you get off stage, that's the most dangerous time for a singer to kiss people because your vocal chords are receptive to any kind of germ.

I'd love to be the political voice of my generation, but that's not my gift.

If you have your own agenda and your own style and you don't easily conform to what the masses are doing, you're looked upon as being difficult. Whereas, I think of it as just being an individual.

I would make far more money if every song were my own, but I don't write to fill up the album with my songs.

Time has nothing to do with the gifts that the gods give you; it's what you do.