I'm very much an optimist. I don't think I could do my work if I didn't believe there was some kind of hope for humanity.

People feel like if they don't have a voice or a name or the spotlight, then they're invisible. But if you can't wake up in your world, in your life, with your family and your friends, and enjoy it, then forget it. All bets are off, because that's all anybody is guaranteed.

Be who you are and I'll be who I am. I refuse to take sides, because everybody has their story.

I certainly wish Gov. Palin no harm. I'd just like her to explain to me how she can hold such outrageous views...and then go back to Alaska.

Anything that has cynicism to it and that's jaded is smutty.

The live show is different from the album. It's different every night depending on where I am and how many months have gone by since I last performed.

I think I've drawn from some of the most feminine women, like Jackie Kennedy. I am totally devastated that she's gone. She had it all.