I am not gay, but if I were, I would be the first one running out of the closet.

Home is anywhere I hang my hair

As a songwriter, you respect and appreciate the writings of other people, and I often get asked, are there songs out there I wish I'd written? Yes. There's many of them!

Sometimes when I'm under pressure, if I think somebody is expecting stuff from me, I'll do better than if I was just left on my own. I can sit down - I'm a skilled writer, I've been doing it all my life - and I can get down to it.

I sing as an actress. Whatever I'm singing about, I just become the story.

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.

After you reach a certain age, they think you’re over. Well, I will never be over. I’ll be making records if I have to sell them out of the trunk of my car. I’ve done that in my past, and I’d do it again.