To me, it was about finding new opportunities. I know my voice touches people. It has for years. I can't give that up.

By the second tour I had rice cakes and hummus with me, and I was jumping rope in my room.

I love drag queens... they perform me better than I ever could myself.

Love the woods and nature and the water and animals. Stop the BS with poaching and hunting. Preservation is critical.

I think I was perceived in one fashion. A video is based on a song. I think you can get glimpses of people's presence within that. There's some people you enjoy watching more than others.

So when I'm working out I do things extreme.

And I'm also looking for a comeback record and it has to touch a lot of people.

Did people think I sounded black? Totally, but that was a marketing tool as well, but also this is how I grew up and these are my influences.

I've had enough boyfriends and enough issues. I'd seen enough train wrecks.

Emotional pain makes me want to isolate. Or hit back. It's very tough to rise above my natural inclinations. I'm always working on this.

Forget things and have a quiet moment.

If you’re in a relationship and find yourself constantly using “we” instead of “I” - stop. You are more than your relationship.

If you try to forget it, nothing can erase a memory.

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams and endeavors to live the life which he has imaged he will meet with success unexpected in common hours.

If we have intelligence on the location of terrorist training centers, it is insane not to act.

I think it's a positive for girls not to depend on guys.

When you sit and write a song, sit and write the best song you can write, just try and write it and be connected.

I only take on roles that I'm passionate about. Life is too short to do things that you're not happy with.

I picture success and winning. The body has a physical response to mental images of winning.

I mean, I don't care what Drive-Bys write about local issues and all that. But I'm talking about this kind of stuff, national issues of great importance. I do not believe.

D'you know, I put so much petrol in me car the other day, I couldn't get in!