I am a woman and when I think, I must speak.

We're all going through our problems, but we all have the same insecurities and we all have the same abilities and we all need each other.

We're not exposed to a lot of guys.

Make sure you have your own life before becoming someone's wife ~spoken to Oprah in an interview

We have to teach our girls that they can reach as high as humanly possible.

When I'm on the red carpet, I'm prepared for [the attention.] But the worst thing is on planes, when you're asleep and you're woken up by a camera flashing. That's a little bit much. But what do you do? It's a part of [being famous]. Unfortunately.

I wrote "Bootylicious" because, at the time, I’d gained some weight and the pressure that people put you under, the pressure to be thin, is unbelievable. I was just 18 and you shouldn’t be thinking about that. You should be thinking about building up your character and having fun and the song was just telling everyone just forget what people are saying. You’re bootylicious. That’s all. It’s a celebration of curves and a celebration of women’s bodies.