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

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

When you're away for a long time, tastes change, fans move on. You hate to think about it, but it's an ugly fact of life.

I'm picking and choosing in terms of the stress factor. If it's not fun, I'm not going to do it.

I'm used to getting up at 7, getting breakfast, getting the kids off to school, and doing the mommy thing and the wife thing and the daughter thing.

My father worked on assembly lines in Detroit while I was growing up. Every day, I watched him do what he needed to do to support the family. But he told me, 'Life is short. Do what you want to do.'

Typically, the theme of my albums, if there is a theme, is, 'How does it feel?' And that always leads to love songs. It just does.