It is my belief that we all have the need to feel special. It is this need that can bring out the best in us, yet the worst in us.

You have to feel good about yourself.

I've talked about sex a great deal in my music for a great while now. I feel very comfortable with it.

If I wasn't singing, I'd probably be, probably an accountant.

No word is absolutely wrong or dirty or insulting. It all depends upon context and intention.

As a child, I had to get up early for school or work. I'd get ready by myself. I'd set my alarm to wake me up very early in the morning, and be off to work, the family driver driving me every morning. I did it alone, my parents never coming in to wake me up.

In 1977, at age ten, I was cast on the TV sitcom 'Good Times.' My character was Penny, an abused child in desperate need of love. I really didn't want to do the show. I didn't want to be away from my family.