I was kind of a wild child. I wasn't taught the niceties of life.

When I sing, people shut up.

Art does not exist only to entertain, but also to challenge one to think, to provoke, even to disturb, in a constant search for truth.

Doubt can motivate you, so don't be afraid of it. Confidence and doubt are at two ends of the scale, and you need both. They balance each other out.

I don't like the word 'superstar'. It has ridiculous implications. These words - star, stupor, superstar, stupid star - they're misleading. It's a myth.

Thank God there were a couple of people in my life who said, "Go on, go on - you can do it!

Why is it men are permitted to be obsessed about their work, but women are only permitted to be obsessed about men?