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

I have as many pictures of my vocal cords as I do of my children. I have a great ear, nose and throat doctor, and we look at them - if there's some redness, maybe I'll take a little time off.

Chris Brown is brilliant. That cat is crazy brilliant, and I wish him the best.

I used to sing at funeral homes for families that didn't have a vocalist. I didn't get paid. I needed to sing.

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

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.

If I could be doing anything, I'd be laying on the floor in my birthday suit eating junk food and watching something dumb on TV.