I hope to be around past the 90's. I don't want to just be categorized as one of this era. My goal is to have a career that stands.

I still listen to older music a lot more than new singers. I listen to whatever's on the radio, but when I want to listen to something that moves me I put on a Stevie Wonder record.

I look around and see the things I have, and I remember not having them. That is one thing that keeps me grounded. I'm definitely the same person I was. . . . I never lose me, I never lose the real person.

If critics have problems with my personal life, it's their problem. Anybody with half a brain would realize that it's the charts that count.

I'm not vain, I'm insecure.

No stress, no fights. I'm leaving it all behind. No tears, no time to cry. Just making the most of life.

To quote Frank Sinatra, "Regrets, I've had a few / But then again, too few to mention."