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

I think it's just that as a creative person, in all the different things that I've done or ways that I've found to express myself, I've consistently come up against resistance in certain areas. I think that the world is not comfortable with female sexuality. It's always coming from a male point of view, and a woman is being objectified by a man - and even women are comfortable with that. But when a woman does it, ironically, women are uncomfortable with it. I think a lot of that has to do with conditioning.

I try to have thick skin, but every once in a while I read something that someone says about me, and it's so slanderous and moralistic and it has nothing to do with my music.

I don't trust any man who hasn't kissed another man.

Do I have to change my name, will it get me far? Should I lose some weight, am I gonna be a star?

There's a certain satisfaction in a little bit of pain.

When the day is done the most important thing is loving people and sharing love.