I'm really fortunate. I'm really happy, and I'm really really lucky to be where I am.

If you see me as just the princess then you misunderstand who I am and what I have been through.

I know I can be diva-ish sometimes, but I have to be in control. The nature of my life, the nature of what I do, is divadom, it really is.

Whatever you're going through in your life, don't ever give up.

The best part of making music, for me, is collaborating and working with new people and fresh sounds and all those things that get people excited to continue in this business that we all love so much.

I'm not one of those people that goes into details of my personal life on national TV to get attention. Some things are better left unsaid.

I used to be able to slim down just by exercising more, but that's changed.