I have really great, great parents, and they were very supportive of me.

The Grammys used me for ratings. And they were up 18 percent!

True leadership is when you are willing to risk your power and voice so that all of ours can be heard.

I think, for me specifically when it comes to music, I don't think that I need any persuading to think about it. It's always kind of in the back of your mind and - but I think it's part of who I am and always will be, I mean, in a very cellular way. When you grow up doing, you know, one thing, I think you get to this place where you want to try new things. And I do think that we live in the type of world where people get comfortable with you in one way, and so seeing you in a different way, it takes some time.

Britney and I wore matching denim outfits [to the 2001 American Music Awards]. Yeah, another bad choice. I'd probably pay good money to get some of those pictures off the internet.

You mean, like a book?

We should all believe in something, and I believe it's time for another shot of tequila.