We have a president who stole the presidency through family ties, arrogance and intimidation, employing Republican operatives to exercise the tactics of voter fraud by disenfranchising thousands of blacks, elderly Jews and other minorities.

Everybody's frightened a bit. But how many of us just go through the fear and do it anyway?

On a very basic level, many people think celebrities have too much already, so we shouldn't be entitled to our political opinions.

The artist as citizen is here to stay.

I don't feel like a legend. I feel like a work in progress.

I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don't think I'd have made it any other way.

I'm not that ambitious any more. I just like my privacy. I wish I really wasn't talked about at all.