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.

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

There was a point in my teenage years, when we were starting to play bigger shows and females were running after tour buses and all that, and my mom - and I remember this like it was yesterday - said: 'Look, I want you to know that I couldn't be prouder of you. You are extraordinary. You move people. But it doesn't make you better than them. You still put your pants on the same way as them, one leg at a time every morning.' I thought about learning to jump right into them, just to mess with her. But what she said stuck with me, and I think it's true.

My favorite thing in the world was to make people sing - until I made people laugh. Then that became my favorite thing in the world.

I'm completely removed from any hype that comes my way.

As time goes by people will see who I am for who I am.

I sang in church growing up. Memphis is the blues capital of the world, we like to say.