You have to feel fortunate to be one of the people whom parents don't mind their children looking up to. The older I get, the more I think about the amount of influence I have on these young girls, and it's scary sometimes. But I also understand how lucky I am to have that.

Independnce comes from you knowing who you are and you being happy with yourself.

When you're a pop star, it's a little conservative; you always have to stay in a box. You have fans that are five and fans that are 65; there are so many people wanting so many things.

A true diva is graceful, and talented, and strong, and fearless and brave and someone with humility.

Take all the rules away. How can we live if we don't change?

I would want them to really think about how amazing they are and how lucky they are to be a woman. And how powerful they are. And I'd tell them to love every day of it because it's the biggest miracle and a woman that's able to give birth is the most important, lucky, fortunate woman in the world.

I never imagined I would be in a film with Steve Martin. I was a little star struck, because I grew up watching his movies.