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I sing my life. It's like I'm having group therapy 350 days a year, and the people who come to the show get that, and they're there for that - whether it's to be lifted up, or to be lifted out, or just entertained or inspired, or to feel not so alone.
When I first appeared, people couldn't figure out whether I was gay, straight, black, white or whatever, and I loved that. I loved the fact it scares people.
Big productions, to me, are great - like, I love going to Vegas and seeing shows - but I think that sometimes it's distracting, especially when you are there to listen to the music.
There are 50 new tabloids every year, and I'm in them, and I read them, and I do stupid things.
I'm such a control freak, and it's very hard for me to lose my inhibitions without something chemical inside me.
Record companies, I found out, can put out compilations without your permission.
I've always felt like the underdog, and I'm comfortable with that label.
In the late '90s, R&B was dominant in the radio, and the white kids were taking it mainstream.
When you have a dark side, nothing is ever as good as it seems.
My stage show is raw and unpredictable.
My parents divorced, and I didn't have much of a daddy growing up.
Long-term relationships are an everyday choice. It's harder to be in a marriage than it is to bounce from one relationship to the next.
I'd love to have time to do my hair, honestly. I'd love to be Victoria Beckham just for one day - to look that good. But I can't.
My mom has always wished me a daughter just like me.
I love the shows that are in dingy little dark clubs, smoky, no production whatsoever.
Cameron Diaz was so cute at the MTV Movie Awards when she pulled her skirt up and wiped her armpits.
I decided at 15 that I didn't want to be one of those artists that gets up and sings love songs they don't mean. I decided that I was going to be me to the fullest extent, that my songs were going to reflect relationships I've had, things I've been through, and even the stuff I'm embarrassed about.
I think you learn more about yourself in the context of a relationship than you can outside of it.
I have to speak for myself. As far as videos go - casting, the artwork, everything - I'm completely hands-on. You have to be if you want your points across.
I'm very involved with PETA - People for Ethical Treatment of Animals - and Greenpeace and a lot of women's shelter and clothing giveaways.
The aggressive side of me comes across in my music, but I'm just a sweet girl.
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