My dream is to star in an animated movie and to have a toy made after me.

Artists aren't looking for you to write them something; they're looking for you to give them something new.

I'm young. You can't just sit there and be satisfied. People are like, "You've got all these number ones!" "Yeah...what else?" It all translates into money, and that's how people think of being successful, but my success, I feel like, is credit - credit for a good job. I haven't even gotten a Grammy, yet I've already decided I want an Emmy.

My songs are my hookers. I can't worry about how they are going to be treated; they just need to bring home the bacon.

Acting becomes my real job, writing becomes my second job, and then when I turn 50, I think I'm going to open up an interior decorating company.

I'm not looking to be an artist to make money. I'm looking to be an artist.

Acting makes me feel broke again, it makes me feel unaccomplished.