When I learned how millions of children go to bed hungry, my only response was, 'What can I do to help?'

I'm very protective of how much I let people see.

In the end you’ll see you won’t stop me.

I was very pushed to look a certain way and act a certain way, and it wasn't me, but I played by their rules to get my foot in the door.

I've never watched an entire episode of 'American Idol'. It's too mean.

I was 21. At the time, I was under the thumb of my label, and I felt like I had to do, say and act out everything they asked me to do. I was trying to please them and the public and finally I had to say, "Enough. I'm going to make a record that makes me happy and addresses all facets of being a woman. I don't care if I sell one or one million records." That's how I came to make Stripped.

In a world where I have to hide my heart and what I believe in. But somehow I will show the world what's inside.