I'm a woman who likes to be courted, strongly. Never say never, I guess you'd say. I'll let love take the lead on that.

People tried to do a lot of stuff with me early in my career where they tried to shape me into one thing or another. They couldn't just take the chance and go with my vision - which was just my intuition, really.

I just feel like I'm going to be criticized regardless of what I do next, so I might as well do something that I feel really passionate about.

I'm a woman who likes to be courted, strongly. Never say never, I guess you'd say. I'll let love take the lead on that.

I just have so much love for my record label.

My dad would give me $10, which is a lot of money when you're 9, to sing at church, on tables at restaurants, at family functions, just about anywhere.

I am a gay activist and I say that proudly. I voted no on Prop 8.