You know, don't judge a person, do not pass judgement, unless you have talked to them one on one.

I try to be kind and generous, and to give to people, and to do what I think God wants me to do.

I wasn't aware that the world thought I was so weird and bizarre. But when you grow up, like I did, in front of 100 million people since the age of 5, you're automatically different.

My goal in life is to give to the world what I was lucky to receive: the ecstasy of divine union through my music and my dance.

And that's what innocence is. It's simple and trusting like a child, not judgmental and committed to one narrow point of view. If you are locked into a pattern of thinking and responding, your creativity gets blocked. You miss the freshness and magic of the moment. Learn to be innocent again, and that freshness never fades.

I was too shy to be around real people. It wasn't like old ladies talking to plants.

If - and it can be in a movie or in a department store - I hear someone arguing with their child, I break down and cry. Because it reflects how I was treated when I was little.