You learn to accept your own reality.

Marilyn Monroe never sold a platinum album. And more people know my music than what I look like.

I wouldn't call myself a feminist, because I think there are differences between men and women.

I'm not someone who is glamorous all the time.

I love the role that men play in our lives.

I have my own opinions, but my songs don't share them.

In a way, we women take on more than we need to sometimes.

I didn't have a choice growing up but to be more insecure because others had more.

Sting I've seen a few times, and he really inspired me in the sense that he breaks the songs down a lot and will take a different approach. He'll take an acoustic approach to them; he'll rearrange them for the live stage.

I'm like everybody else.

My life revolves around my child's routine.

I spent a lot of my life holding back my cries, and I want to change that because it's not good for me.

Now that I have and I'm not a have-not, I've learned how important it is to maintain humility.

For a good 10 to 12 years, I was working non-stop and I wasn't really enjoying my success.

I won't lie, I've had a lot of discouraging moments in the past years, moments I wasn't sure about things and doubted myself.

I think it's important that readers know that not every celebrity is a freak.

It's really such a personal journey, making a record, but even more so writing the songs.

It always disappoints me when I go to a concert and they don't play my favorite song, or at least one of their biggest hits.

I really admire artists that are willing to take a different approach and a different angle to their shows.

It's more important to be comfortable with you weight, no matter what it is, as long as you are healthy and energetic to meet the personal goals and demands you have set in your life.

I lost my sense of trust, honesty and compassion. I crashed down and became what I consider an emotional mess. I've never been so miserable in my whole life. I just wanted to go to bed and never get up.

I have arm-wrestled here and there... guys seem to want to test my strength.

I really can't imagine not singing again.

I don't take any day for granted anymore.