Dick Clark was a really great influence in my career; he helped me a lot with his whole organization, and they were awesome to me at all different points - but one thing that I really disagreed with him on was when he said that what I do, pop music, is a disposable art form.

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

I've got a Grammy and Emmy, I'd like to have a Tony.

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.

I'm in the business where you get the business all the time.

Just like I am obsessed with the history of fashion, I love reading about the history of makeup.

I don't have good business sense. You never get much money for the arts. But I like independence. I like to grow.