Pop is actually my least favorite kind of music, because it lacks real depth.

The roughest road often leads to the top.

One day I hope to open a shelter of my own. I think it's really important to share my own story with women who've been abused, because going through that experience has led me to where I am today: It's given me the strength and motivation to be the best that I can be.

Men aren't as strong and capable as we are. We're machines.

So, where's the Cannes Film Festival being held this year?

I embraced being a pop artist, but I like doing it on my own terms, at my own pace.

I still have my eyes on the prize: I want to be that old lady onstage shaking her hips and singing her greatest hits.