You can have my credit card, baby, but keep your red hot fingers off of my heart, lady.

I think marriage is a good thing for children, because it gives them a feeling of security.

I have definitely reached the same level as Madonna in terms of sales. I'm really pleased about that.

Still, the music was always there, and the lyrical capability was always threatening to show its head.

[Tabloids] could call you a child molester, I suppose, but they just go for the two things they think people are most likely to believe and that will most offend yourself and your popularity. My skin hardened to all that stuff years ago.

When I open my mouth and sing, the truth comes out. When I write, the truth comes out. I can't lie. That, I think, is one of the strongest elements of my music. When people talk about my writing as though I'm doing it from an accountant's perspective, it really pisses me off.

I've done too many stupid things for there not to be movies made about me when I'm dead, so I might as well write the script.