If you dont have any shadows you're not in the light

All that ever holds somebody back, I think, is fear. For a minute I had fear. [Then] I went into the [dressing] room and shot my fear in the face.

This means more to me than any Grammy I could ever win ... It will take a village and an army, [some] countries and continents to make bullying a hate crime.

The way that I sing, what I sing about, what I wear, who I am, this is me. I was born this way.

I'm a wandering gypsy.

My fashion is about the urban woman in the year 3000. I think about obscure, weird things and try to create a world around them.

The only thing that I am concerned with in life is being an artist .. I had to suppress for so many years in high school because I was made fun of but now I'm completely insulated in my box of insanity and I can do whatever I like.