I can't just be the girl who sang 'I Kissed a Girl.' I have to leave a legacy.

I've lived such a great, fantastic life already, but there's still so much more.

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 still want to make a pop record. I want to make a more sonically current pop record. I maybe want to make people move a little bit more.

Throw your stick and stones, throw your bombs and your blows, but you're not gonna break my soul.

People talk about bullying, but you can be your own bully in some ways. You can be the person who is standing in the way of your success, and that was the case for me.

But of course I love my Japanese fans and the show must go on, no matter the daily aftershocks or husband kidnappings! It's not right but it's okay