One of the many things I learned from all of this: If you aren't willing to fight for what you believe in, then don't even enter the ring.

I've gone from having a huge fan base to losing a huge fan base to having a kind of fluctuating fan base. I've always had a core of fans who've stuck by me but, depending on the kind of music I do, I end up appealing to certain groups of people and alienating others.

They're only words, unless they're true.

We're very privileged as Americans - it's easy to forget about the rest of the world and to think that your problems are the most important problems. Even poor people in America live better than poor people most everywhere else.

I've slept with Prince.

One thing I've learned is that I'm not the owner of my talent; I'm the manager of it.

If it's bitter at the start, then it's sweeter in the end.