When I write a song, I tap into the emotion and the feeling and then I use the emotion to write the words. It's the opposite when I act. I use the words and tap into the emotion.

When I get onstage, I automatically feel beautiful.

I've been around the world and I've had bras made in different places, and each time I'm experiencing the same troubles: the painful shoulders, the underwire cutting into my flesh.

When I was growing up, my mother would take me to plays and museums, and we'd talk about life. Those times helped shape who I became.

There are a lot of difficulties with people trying to conceive.

Saturday Night Live is a show that I think I could have a lot of fun on, just being different characters and maybe singing, too.

At my aunt's funeral, I promised myself that I wouldn't be bound by the belief that I'm supposed to stay in anything - whether it's a relationship, a job, a house, or a circumstance - if it makes me miserable. She gave me the courage to find my own happiness.