I invented my life because I wasn't pleased with it..

I say, let's learn more and then speculate..

It's true that I suffered a lot, especially when I was younger..

Blushes cannot be counterfeited..

Nobody had ever told me that anything could be like this..

The music is the main thing and it's just as easy to write acceptable words..

My music is L-O-V-E because it's a gift, and you only give something when you feel it deeply..

Music is part of being human..

Old music is the same as new music - it's just a different way of delivering it..

I don't join or leave things lightly..

Storytelling with music is a really powerful device..

When you have to work, work with a smile..

I've got to relearn what I was supposed to have learned..

I do what I do because I love it..

I could have coached better..

When I was 14, I tried to stab someone..

The greatest music is made for love, not for money..

You don’t have to have a boyfriend to be happy, to be pretty, or belong..

It's not personal, it's strictly business.

I didn't want to admit that I was a performer. A performer meant spotlights - a performer had connotations of theater. I would have preferred agent t….

My preference would have been to not go back on the air after 9\11, at all until the time felt right but that wasn't an option..