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.

I still get nervous sometimes before performing.

I didn't have a strong male figure in my life on a day-to-day basis. So I think that whole [marriage] situation, a lot of it stems from a place where I was out there alone as a really and I always felt like the rug could be pulled out from under me.

I can do a reddish-brown or brown lip, but not a bright red. I just don't look good in it. Over the years you learn certain things that don't look good on you, and that's one of them for me.

It's in my genes. My mother was an opera singer. I'm clearly dramatic.

Never listen to anybody who try to discourage you.

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.