But I don't want to be out there anymore; I don't want people asking me about my health issues, about my kids. I choose not to be a public paparazzi girl on purpose.

Cause you mean the world to me, you are my everything; I swear the only thing that matters, matters to me.

Performing live is the greatest high in the world. That's why I do what I do

I'll probably be 80 years old and still performing. Music is like fashion, it changes. But some things will always be the same.

I'm not a diva. I'm a tadpole trying to be a frog.

I can imagine you touching my private parts. With just the thought of you I can't help, but touch myself.

I take an active role in my imaging and how I look.

How could an Angel break my heart? Why didn't he catch my falling star? I wish I didn't wish so hard. Maybe I wished our love apart.

I can't record in the morning because I sound like Barry White.

When you take high risks, the rewards are higher. So sometimes I'll gamble just to see what happens. If it doesn't work, I know I can't do that.

...And i can't get you out of my mind, God knows how hard I've tried.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence

Consider how blessed you are to have the things you do in life.

Communication land lines are going to be around for a long time, the internet runs on them, as do the wireless cell phone towers.

There is some consolation in the fact that even though your dreams don't come true neither do your nightmares.

Trust, but verify.

By your hand the people shall live

Vade Mecum I want the scissors to be sharp and the table perfectly level when you cut me out of my life and paste me in that book you always carry.

I have never gone to a doctor in my adult life, feeling instinctively that doctors meant either cutting or, just as bad, diet.

True collaborative, nurturing, and safe power is a combining of forces that can only happen on a pretty small scale.