Worrying too much about other people's ears and not my own, I lost my way.

I think that I've got some pretty bad reviews on albums or songs that later proved themselves.

So many artists who came out during that time, including myself, were able to get on radio. New forms of singer-songwriters developed out of that.

I had this terrible stammer, so I couldn't really speak properly until I was 16 or 17.

It didn't matter as much because I'm a singer, not an actress, but my face is more acceptable in a way now than when I first came on the scene, because I'm part black.

I'm still more comfortable with standards than with my own songs.

All men are created equal and all women are created equal as well, but [equality] seems much clearer when it comes to race issues. In the realms of man/woman, man/man, woman/woman love, it seems all up for grabs now. We are exploring so much, but I think we gotta go for the fight for all equality first.