It's always sad to me when certain people are excluded from being considered beautiful... because of someone else's expectation. That bothers me.

My life is so tumultuous. I dive into everything. I'm feeling all up and down and sleepy and moody and hormonal - it just gets crazy. Just to keep myself balanced, I do things like yoga and meditation.

No matter what anybody says, what matters most is what you think of yourself.

It's always sad to me when certain people are excluded from being considered beautiful... because of someone else's expectation. That bothers me.

I choose to be authentic in everything I do

The songs that I've written about Africa, and AIDS and HIV and about the power of humanitarian love, those songs, I'm gonna sing them because I know that it's real.

If you give me half a chance. I'll prove this to you. I will be patient, kind, faithful and true.