I like the feeling that I'm giving young women self-confidence. It sounds so cliched, but it can be very moving.

Pop music seems to be the way radio programming has chosen to support female artists. They have chosen not to support a more provocative voice from women, which I find disappointing.

I plan on doing as much in my life as I possibly can.

Somehow or another, my mother taught me to push through my fear, always. Feel the fear and do it anyway.

I just want to live my life a little freely and not adhere to any schedule - just make music and have fun.

I like the feeling that I'm giving young women self-confidence. It sounds so cliched, but it can be very moving.

It's a torturous time when you learn almost everything you really have to know about survival. The important thing to remember when you are living through it, however, is that you have absolutely no idea quite how smart and strong and beautiful the pain will make you. So go forth and suffer...you'll rule the world.