When I sing I have a lot of visions. Like what's happening now in my life.

You can laugh when I talk, but not when I sing.

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 do have a lot of difficulty figuring out what I want to be working on, but what's the alternative? To be one of those people who has a million things they want to do, and then never does any of them? And then where will you be?

When I perform on stage, I often pretend to be someone other than myself to bring a certain emotion or intent to a song.

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

I come from a line of great Sicilian women, and their mentality is to endure and push through to the other side.