I don't mind being compared to Whitney (Houston), there are people miles worse to be compared to.

I try not to be a jerk. I really do. I try to be nice and cordial.

My father identified as a black man. No one asked him because he was clearly black. But people always ask me. If we were together, people would look at us in a really strange way. It sucked. As a little girl I had blond hair and they'd look at me, look at him, and be disgusted.

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 very hard on myself and I have too many issues.

People are constantly asking me if I'm pregnant, but I don't like to talk about it too much. I just think about it as the next phase. We'll see.

There is a light at the end of the tunnel... hopefully its not a freight train!