There’s nothing more dangerous than a boy with charm.

I think that the best way you can get honesty across in your music to connect and relate to people is to be motivated by personal emotions, stories and feelings.

It's always nerve-wracking when you're hosting "Saturday Night Live." You either sink or swim.

People don't always want to have females as leaders.

Etta James is my all-time favorite singer. I've said it in every interview, in every story, in every on- and off-camera question. That music was always such a huge escape for me, even from a young age.

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.

I have those days where I'm PMSing and bloated.