Why do you have to choose what type of woman you are? Why do you have to label yourself anything? I'm just a woman and I love being a woman. If you're attractive then you can't be sexy, and you can't be intelligent? What is all of that?

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

I felt like it was time to set up my future, so I set a goal. My goal was independence.

I think I've realized that business and being polite [don't] match. You can be fair, but me being polite was not me being fair to myself.

You definitely feed off the people around you, and your man is one of the people you talk to the most. So you kind of help each other and keep each other strong. It's important.

I'm over being a pop star. I don't wanna be a hot girl. I wanna be iconic. And I feel like I've accomplished a lot. I feel like I'm highly respected, which is more important than any award or any amount of records. And I feel like there comes a point when being a pop star is not enough.

The more successful I become, the more I need a man.