My fans mean more to me than they will ever know. I call these people my friends and my confidence and if they are here to see me and they are here to support me, then that's all I need in life.

Consumerism diverts us from thinking about women's rights, it stops us from thinking about Iraq, it stops us from thinking about what's going on in Africa - it stops us from thinking in general.

I know I should stop smoking, but it scares me. I mean, what would I turn to next?

I have to speak for myself. As far as videos go - casting, the artwork, everything - I'm completely hands-on. You have to be if you want your points across.

Once you figure out what respect tastes like, it tastes better than attention. But you have to get there.

I think you learn more about yourself in the context of a relationship than you can outside of it.

For the first few years we paid all the bills first and divided what was left as salary. Sometimes that was $50 a week.