I think that the only way to teach is by example, as children will more easily follow what they see you do than what you tell them to do.

It's very tough for a woman in the music business, and he really was such a motivator from the beginning, when I was super-shy, and he saw a lot in me on a personal level that he knew could carry through on the stage.

I am trying to teach my children to feel a responsibility for their fellow human beings and a sense of connection with ... the world around them.

Make sure everything you do you really like, because you have to sing it the rest of your life.

What's the point if you make something that's not you, and you're successful? You have to perform it the rest of your life.

There's no reason that just because you're a celebrity you can't write.

If there's ever been a dark moment in my life... well, I wanted to check out. Music was a big escape.