Music makes the people come together.

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

I'm encouraging other people, whether they're professionals or not, to use their creativity to express themselves, to get a conversation going, to get the party started, really.

I'm not claiming to appeal to the same people that Christina Aguilera or Britney Spears are going to appeal to. I'm not trying to. I'm doing what I want to do.

Happiness lies in your own hand

The idea of service to humanity, putting yourself in situations where people have much less than you do, puts life in perspective.

Manipulating people, that's what I'm good at