Listen to the Bee Gees and you can learn to be a great writer.

Listen to the Bee Gees and you can learn to be a great writer.

Look at someone like Ke$ha. I wouldn't say she's got the most rangy, incredible voice, but she's got a thing. She stands for something, and people are buying into that.

Some of the best songs that artists perform year after year are ones they hated.

I wanted a child, and there was no way I could get pregnant under the stress of 18-hour work days and live TV. When you're somebody who's used to making a decision about what they want to do and getting it and achieving it, when your body fails you, it's a whole other experience.

The thing that's tricky is sometimes the best voices - just because someone hits the big notes and sounds amazing - it doesn't necessarily mean they make the greatest artists.

I don't go to record stores to look at my albums, but it's always a thrill to see them.