Being a mother is probably the hardest job in the world. I feel like, in a lot of ways, children come into the world to teach us.

In this world, I call the shots and I think I know best.

The fans never send me crazy things. They send me things that they put so much time and effort into making, and they are so amazing. You have to see them!

Butterflies are always following me, everywhere I go.

In any big spectacular, it's really difficult to have enough voices to cover all the vocal parts. To give the audience the complete experience they're expecting, there is some reinforcement, some playback that everybody's hearing. Sometimes it's background vocals, but sometimes it will be actually vocal tracks. It's so hard to ensure, with no safety net ... you're not gonna get another shot at it, you have to have stability. I think it's very naïve of a lot of people to think that when you see someone open their mouth, they're really singing.

Forget the image, forget the ensemble, forget the rumours, forget the short skirts, the big hair, whatever! I owe this to the fans and I will never forget you so I want to accept this award on behalf of all of you.

One day I promised God that if he would give me my voice back I would never smoke again. I got three octaves back after quitting.