Having access to mobile phones and being able to document your own life brings people together.

The funny thing about gold is how quickly it can tarnish.

Sometimes I think that everyone has a tragedy waiting for them, that the people buying milk in their pajamas or picking their noses at stoplights could be only moments away from disaster. That everyone's life, no matter how unremarkable, has a moment when it will become extraordinary - a single encounter after which everything that really matters will happen.

Even if I'm sad, dancing is a way to let stuff out.

The way I figured it, keeping quiet was safe. Words could betray you if you choose the wrong ones, or mean less if you used too many.

I try to be genuine. I try to be real. It's such a subjective thing, but I try to convey an emotion.

I don't think of myself as just a pop artist, but someone who knows she has a bigger meaning. I'm not doing this for myself; I'm doing this because it's my destiny.