A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That's why they don't get what they want.

Everyone probably thinks that I'm a raving nymphomaniac, that I have an insatiable sexual appetite, when the truth is I'd rather read a book.

T.G.T.B.T: too good to be true.

When I came to New York it was the first time I'd ever taken a plane, the first time I'd ever gotten a taxi-cab, the first time for everything. And I came here with 35 dollars in my pocket. It was the bravest thing I'd ever done.

When I first came to New York I was a dancer, and a French record label offered me a recording contract and I had to go to Paris to do it. So I went there and that's how I really got into the music business. But I didn't like what I was doing when I got there, so I left, and I never did a record there.

People think that being famous is just about having your picture taken all the time and being rich rich rich, and you know what?... They're absolutely right.

Romance should be spontaneous, but in my career I'm totally in control.