I don't feel like I have to please anyone. I feel free. I feel like I'm an adult. I'm grown. I can do what I want. I can say what I want. I can retire if I want. That's why I've worked hard.

The old lessons of submissiveness and fragility made us victims. Women are so much more than that. You can be a businesswoman, a mother, an artist, and a feminist - whatever you want to be - and still be a sexual being. It's not mutually exclusive.

If he invited you out, he's got to pay.

Elvis is iconic; a lot of performers today look to that for inspiration.

I wanted to be famous for my music and my talent, and I always wished I could cut it out when I left the stage.

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.

For me, it's about the way I carry myself and the way I treat other people. My relationship and how I feel about God and what He does for me, is something deeply personal. It's where I came from, my family, I was brought up in a religious household and that's very important to me.