I decided years ago not to read stories about myself anymore. Each one is a potential minefield: Whatever it says, you're bound to take it the wrong way. Why do it if you know it's going to make you miserable?

Rap is poetry set to music. But to me it's like a jackhammer.

I'm working my way toward divinity.

I do look upon all of life as an episode - which is why the people around me are probably on guard!

I married a German. Every night I dress up as Poland and he invades me.

When I started in this [music] business, I had a dream, but it was amorphous, and I had no experience. I just had a fuzzy notion of what life would be like if I became what I pictured.

All these rumors about [Tom Cruise] being gay. I don't believe it. I don't believe it for one minute. He hasn't been to one of my shows.