What I wanted to be and who I am is a singer and a songwriter. I wanted to be onstage, and I wanted the world to hear my music. The product of that is fame and the disgusting celebrity that goes along with it. But celebrity does not equal creativity.

I'm a woman who likes to be courted - strongly.

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.

Be yourself & you can be anything.

I fall in love every time. And I don't really fall in love a lot, but when I do, I fall hard.

If you are not happy with something, you should change it. So I went to a lot of therapy, and finally, I am able to speak up for myself: You are going to hear me roar!

I'm on this extraordinary adventure, and if I have no one to talk to at the end of the night, I feel lonely.