The other day I was reading a blog and I linked over to Streisand's Web site, and it was amazing politically. She's so insightful and incisive. And she also says whatever she wants.

Like, I kind of developed my musical style in a vacuum. Even though I listen to a lot of stuff, the way I wrote was in my bedroom, really privately. It's still the way I write, actually.

I am just like you and everyone else. I am trying to live my life as best I can.

That's exactly what's exciting for me - the idea of infiltrating the male structure and affecting change from within.

No. You know what really bugs me about my videos? When they can't figure out what to do, they just have me change clothes five times.

You're really creative when you're in an environment that you don't know how to handle. So collaborating was like that for me. I think that was one of the reasons why I knew I was gonna get a challenging reaction.

I'm very cerebral. I like to think things through.