You never know what's going to happen to you when you head out into the big world. And when you get older, you don't know how you're going to be thought of or seen.

I'm not going to limit myself just because people won't accept the fact that I can do something else.

I don't have time to stand around and listen to an 11-minute song.

I think people take me as seriously as I want them to. They take me as seriously as I take myself - let's put it that way.

I had nothing growing up, but I always wanted to be 'sexy,' even before I knew what the word was.

I don't keep up with a lot of trends. I've never been a fashion horse. I'm so busy writing my songs, trying to maintain my business, and all the new things that come along. I stay working all the time.

I've never had a divorce, but I've seen so many of my friends, my sister, my family go through that stuff, so I try to write for the people that can't write about it. I take on their sorrow, so I'm able to kind of express it, or their joy.