My most important inspirational job that I do is raising those kids. That's my job. And that's where my ambition goes. But I have a life. I'm not only their mother. I'm still who I was before, I just don't get to be it all the time.

When the first record came out, I'd go down to radio stations pretty much every day to get the record played, and I would walk in and they'd tell us how much they loved the record, but they weren't sure how much they could play it because they were already playing a girl.

You don't want to trash what you've done; that's your history.

There are so many young women coming up through the ranks. Adele is an amazing singer. Beyonce has great stage presence. She's just a beautiful woman. I love how everyone has just taken charge of their lives and careers.

I don't care who's on the label, because I have a job to do.

I love Katy Perry and Lady GaGa. I think GaGa's pushing the envelope every day and I really like that.

You can't change the past so don't let it haunt you. You can change the future but first you've got to want to.