To heal the wound, you have to go into the dark night of the soul.

A lot of songs are derivative of each other.

People assume that all artists make for terrible business people, but I'm in complete charge of my own career.

There is a phenomenal amount of pressure on women in this industry: they are considered vintage by the time they hit their mid-30s.

The violence betwen women is unbelievable. Women try to make each other crawl so that their knees are bleeding.

You have to be clear what your message is and what you're doing. I mean, Miley Cyrus is an amazing talent, and sometimes you kind of just want to say, 'We know you're not Hannah Montana anymore. We know that, my dear. My darling. Now, go be great.'

Things go wrong all the time; you can't be precious about it.