Here's the tragedy of the modern record business: It's radio. If you're not on radio, nobody really is going to hear you or see you or care about you.

It's definitely an intrinsic part of my makeup that makes me want to see black when everyone else is seeing white.

Everybody's trying to be the biggest, because if you're not the biggest, you don't survive.

Humans all want to beat the clock but nobody ever does.

I think young artists are always inspiring because they are coming at worlds from a different point of view.

No, I like being a role model because I know how much comfort my musical idols brought me.

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