I don't like Los Angeles. The people are awful and terribly shallow, and everybody wants to be famous but nobody wants to play the game. I'm from New York. I will kill to get what I need.

I’d rather be poor and happy than rich and alone.

No matter how many people are screaming your name or how many Number One hits you have, you can still wake up and feel like a loser.

When I was younger, I felt pressure to become someone else once I became successful.

More education for women. More jobs for women. More equal opportunities for women. More women to be taken seriously. And I think more than anything we wish to be heard and not to be shut down. I think this is a good thing to think about for any community; what is important is that our voices be heard and not swallowed in an abyss of history.

I think it's absolutely a blessing when you just know what your purpose is and your destiny. I don't think it's a curse at all.

I don't want the 5 dollars in your pocket, I want your soul