I was called really horrible, profane names very loudly in front of huge crowds of people, and my schoolwork suffered at one point.

I love my daddy. My daddy's everything. I hope I can find a man that will treat me as good as my dad.

I think that once you've had a few No. 1s in your career that you've kind of proven yourself and I don't feel the need to prove anything anymore.

Only value the opinion of those that you respect. And anyone that you don’t respect, pay no mind to their opinion about you or anything else.

Hair is about when you're younger. I am my hair.

I was so ashamed of who I was.

I wanted to be a skinny little ballerina but I was a voluptuous little Italian girl whose dad had meatballs on the table every night.