I'm really not that special. Really, I'm not. I was on a big TV show, but it was just a TV show.

I'm really not that special. Really, I'm not. I was on a big TV show, but it was just a TV show.

I cannot raise a child to lie or to hide things. I wasn't raised that way, and I'm not going to raise a child to do that.

I'm religious. I think this is something God had planned for me.

Clive [Davis] tried to tell me that saying certain words in a song - or as he says, 'putting some balls into it' - isn't bad, it's just strong emotion. Well, there are certain words and emotions I don't want kids hearing, and I'm not changing because they think it's going to sell better. This is going to sound horrible, but I got 12 million votes doing what I did.

I did get a degree in special education.

I had the greatest time on Broadway and made friends I never expected to make!