Well, my smile's pretty hard to miss, considering I'm a gal who likes her lipstick-the redder the better.

My songs are the door to every dream I've ever had and every success I've ever achieved.

Living in America and, of course, just being women in general, we've got more strength than we think we do.

I think that all creative people are a little bit nuts.

If people work for me over the years, I expect them to be paid what they're owed, but I don't expect them to be paid more than they earn.

If I hadn't been a woman, I'd have been a drag queen

I write a little something every day, even though I don't write a song [every day]. Everything inspires me. I'll come up with a line, or somebody will say something that will trigger something.