I have people that are affected by what I do, what I say, and that would be the one place where it gets complicated. But being honest and truthful - I just believe that's the best way to be.

My husband really loves the red [lipstick], so I keep the red because I want to keep the husband.

I clearly remember writing songs [when I was young] and the power that it gave me of feeling like somebody. My whole life changed when I wrote those songs, even before anyone ever heard them. It wasn't a commercial thing.

Writing songs is super intimate. It's a bit like getting naked.

We all have to go through hard times. Tragedies. Those are given to us to see what we're going to do with them.

I never wanted to go for the cute boys. Why would you wanna have a boyfriend that's cuter than you?

When you first have a baby your life doesn't change. I mean, you have a little less sleep and you drag these cuddly things around you and it's just amazing. But you still get to be you. Once they get to, like, five, six and school and it starts to get, like, 'Wow, they got real problems. They're my responsibility.' Oh my God. That is overwhelming.