By the time I was five, I was a little diva.

When you're hurt or angry, let go by tapping into your humbleness. You want people to remember you for your grace.

I was not going to be a stupid girl singer. I was going to be way more than that.

Now here I go again/I see the crystal visions. I keep my visions to myself.

In comparison to the eight years I spent on Klonopin, the cocaine and brandy wins hands down. If you are ever in a drugstore and they put you on Klonopin, run out of there screaming.

I blame it [never taking a break] on my mother. She was a born entertainer. Leave the songwriting, the singing and all that behind, and I still would have found some way to be an entertainer. I would have never been an actress, though, because I realized early in my life, in like sixth grade, I was a terrible actress.

I said,'Instead of going in the direction that a lot of the women singers are going in [revealing], I'll be very, very sexy under 18 pounds of chiffon and lace and velvet...I will have mystique.