If I could get their attention long enough, I felt they would see beneath the boobs and find the heart, and that they would see beneath the wig and find the brains. I think one big part of whatever appeal I possess is the fact that I look totally one way and that I am totally another. I look artificial, but I'm not.

A lot of my heartbreak songs are inspired by things my sisters are going through, or friends.

I don't know what the big deal is about old age. Old people who shine from the inside look 10 to 20 years younger.

If people think I'm a dumb blonde, because of the way I look, then they're dumber than they think I am. If people think I'm not very deep because of my wigs and outfits, then they're not very deep.

I can be accused of trying to be commercial sometimes.

My grandfather was a Pentecostal preacher. It was a sin to even pluck your eyebrows, and they thought it was a sin for me to be there looking like Jezebel.

I come from a family of 12, so I kind of got a little lost as a child.