I've always been able to do sprinkles of hip-hop here and there in all my albums, but I'm not sure how my fans are gonna feel about coming out first with something that's so hip-hop.

You lose the arrogance you need to be successful, but you need that arrogance because the second someone sees that side of you and chip at it, it's over.

I'd lose my mind if I heard my kid call the nanny Mommy.

I don't smoke often, maybe once or twice a month, but it makes me feel sexy and romantic.

I learned that I had to believe in myself and not just to be comfortable with the opinions of others. I'm just more in control; I finalize everything.

I'm a businesswoman who's serious about her money. I want an empire.

You can never go back to the first two albums in a career.