I'm not a politician. And I don't want to be.
I always ask God to work through me and let me be a light of some kind and help in this world, so I always pray for that, and I always want to do good.
I've never been pregnant, so I just feel God didn't mean for me to have kids so that everybody else's children could be mine.
I know who I am, I know what I can and can't do. I know what I will and won't do. I know what I'm capable of and I don't agree to do things that I don't think I can pull off.
I listen to my old records and I think, 'How did I ever get on the radio?'
No, I can't do rap music!
I usually get up at 3 A.M. I don't require a lot of sleep, and if I get tired, I'll take a powernap during the day.
I will never retire unless I have to.
I think people take me as seriously as I want them to. They take me as seriously as I take myself - let's put it that way.
Every seven years, I sit down and make a whole new plan.
I'm not happy all the time, and I wouldn't want to be because that would make me a shallow person. But I do try to find the good in everybody.
I think so many people live their whole life in fear and doubt and shame.
Being a star just means that you just find your own special place, and that you shine where you are. To me, that's what being a star means.
I have surrounded myself with very smart people.
As a songwriter, you respect and appreciate the writings of other people, and I often get asked, are there songs out there I wish I'd written? Yes. There's many of them!
I do believe that any successful business starts from the top and works its way down.
I'm an energy vampire. I just suck off everybody's energy. But I give it back.
I have suffered most of the things I write about - or my friends have.
I'm very secure about my talents and about who I am.
I walk tall; I got a tall attitude.