If you saw me without makeup, you wouldn't recognize me.

Some boys take a beautiful girl and hide her away from the rest of the world, I want to be the one to walk in the sun.

Before I became famous I had a very full life, and that gave me a lot to pick from. I always use everything. It always comes in handy. Working with animals... Well, I just enjoyed that. That was the most peaceful time.

If we truly want to end youth homelessness... then we have to invest in prevention and support communities as they work to implement these life-changing efforts.

I have never been prouder to be a lifelong New Yorker than I am today with the passage of marriage equality.

I've always felt, even as a songwriter, that the rhythm of speech is in itself a language for me.

I always sang. I wanted to be in a band with my sister, and I was, at 11. At 12, I started writing seriously, and that was my pacifier all through high school - that and painting.