In the music business, we all do different things, but we sit there and admire other people who can write a song differently or sing differently. It's not so competitive.

Why am I so famous? What am I doing right? What are the others doing wrong?

I like simple things. Elastic waists, so I can eat.

No one should have to conform to some mythical concept of the ideal family.

A man who graduated high in his class at Yale Law School and made partnership in a top law firm would be celebrated. But a woman who accomplishes this is treated with suspicion.

You know, I can't remember my good reviews. I remember negative ones. They stay in my mind.

I don't enjoy public performances and being up on a stage. I don't enjoy the glamour. Like tonight, I am up on stage and my feet hurt.