Forget about 40 years in show business. Just surviving 27 years of Nicole Richie is enough.

When will we ever learn, there's nowhere else we can turn.

I find the greatest songs in the world come out of pain, and I don't like it! Here's what it does: It strips away all of your facade. It makes you so honest. It's cleansing.

I just had to find all my friends that used to be in the business. As I say, the music business didn't die, it just moved to Nashville.

Simplicity is the key to what I do.

Forget about surviving 40 years in the music business. Just surviving 27 years of Nicole Richie has been a struggle-and-a-half, I want to tell you. I stand here as a survivor, I want you to know, for all the parents out there.

I always like to challenge myself. I never want to be put into a box.