It seems like I don't have a lot of time for all the things I need to do. I'm spreading myself fairly thin. I have responsibilities to my children. I have a big staff that works for me. And when you have a staff, and I'm sure you know this, you're always concerned with everybody's life all the time.

I look forward to the future - and going into the studio to make new music.

Discipline is a necessary tool to help you get what you want in life. It forces you to stay on center and to move away from the things that are not necessary.

I don't judge people by their sexual orientation or the color of their skin, so I find it really hard to identify someone by saying that they're a gay person or a black person or a Jewish person.

You know, you do need mentors, but in the end, you really just need to believe in yourself.

I try to choose the songs that really are basically coming from my heart. I think that through the songs that I select, people know what's going on in my life.

My problem is that people have been writing books about me.A lot of things that people write about you are incorrect, but you don't fight about it.