Believing in yourself and being willing to do anything, to walk through the fire, to do what it is that you want to do. Getting out of that car accident covered with blood to play the gig . . . I mean, that's me. That's just me.

Everything looks true written down. What you read in National Enquirer and News Of The World looks true written down.

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.

People want to hear the dirt. But this is not really anything I want to talk about.

I am rich and famous. I have a talented and gorgeous husband and two beautiful children. I could go on.

I want the good life, but I don't want an easy ride. What I want is to work for it, feel the blood and sweat on my fingertips.

It is difficult to believe in a religion that places such a high premium on chastity and virginity.