If someone says something unpleasant, I can't say it doesn't smart a bit. It always does. Someone can take a really nasty swipe if they want because it kind of feels powerful for a person to write in a paper and get that thing out there.

Pop stars are so busy having a career that they don't really have a lot of time for activism.

Bulnerable without strength is vulnerable, and being vulnerable means you can be victimized.

If I hadn't been a singer, I might have been a photographer or an artist. But it's singing I love. I sing all the time, and I feel really good that I've expressed myself.

Dying is easy, it's living that scares me to death.

As a creative person, you just put something out into the consciousness of the society you live in.

I'd rather support the issues I truly believe in than give my vote to parties that court votes at the time of the election. I like to think that my vote strengthens the green foundation stone.