I want to be singing to everybody, and I want everybody to think that I'm singing to them. Guys, girls and everyone in between.

Anyone who wants to know who I am can just read my lyrics - I've always written about who I am.

I don't give a damn about my reputation. You're living in the past, it's a new generation.

My parents taught me I could be anything in the world I wanted to be.

The most important thing is being genuine, and real, and not getting caught up in the "Star-Ness" of it. You don't want to act like a star around other people. You have to watch it, and you want to stay grounded, it's very important, and that's probably what I have learned most because you definitely have opportunities to let your ego run wild and you have to keep your ego in check.

I figured out it was a social thing, what women were allowed to do. At a very young age, I decided I was not going to follow women's rules.

Women play cellos and violins in symphony orchestras. They're playing Beethoven and Bach. What do you mean they can't play rock and roll?