You're frozen when your heart's not open..

Power is being told you're not loved and not being destroyed by it..

Gay men are perfect men for girls who are tough. They're not threatened by strong women, and they're usually very in touch with their feelings and pa….

I hadn't been onstage in a while. The last time was pre-children. And before I went on [at Roseland], my kids were backstage, and I thought, This isn….

I want to keep growing and living life to the fullest for as long as I'm on this planet..

When I think about popular culture, I can't help but think that we're living in the age of loneliness. There's this illusion that we all have instant….

I like to touch people's hearts..

I used mythology to tell the story [in Living with Love], with the story of the minotaur and the matador and fighting and fighting for love and the c….

On any given night, catch me on the floor, working up a sweat, that’s what music’s for..

I keep telling everyone that I want to start a revolution but no one is taking me seriously. If I had black skin and an afro, would you take me serio….

My work gives me a sense of purpose that I never really had before - it gives me a lot of joy, and it would be wonderful to invite other people to ge….

My father was very strict with me, and I kept seeing a disparity between their freedom and my lack of it, or how I had all the responsibilities and t….

I came to the realization that a strong female is frightening to everybody, because all societies are male-dominated, black societies, poor people, r….

I don't believe there's a certain age where you can't say and feel and be who you want to be..

I really want to see everything. If it's around me and it's part of my show, I need to be a part of all of it. From the creation of the music, to the….

We all need to treat each other with human dignity and respect.

Economic markets are collapsing. People all over the world are suffering and people afraid. What happens when peep are afraid? They become intolerant..

When the day is done the most important thing is loving people and sharing love..

I was a buffoon and an idiot until the age of forty.

Having children made me go down a road of serious introspection and self-examination. I think it's informed and hopefully enhanced my creativity..

I wanted to be a nun. I saw nuns as superstars. When I was growing up I went to a Catholic school, and the nuns, to me, were these superhuman, beauti….