People do see me as sweet and innocent. Not to say that I am not those things. But I have other sides to me.

That’s always – that’s been another dream of mine, to do a Broadway play. An award winning Broadway play.

Ever since I was little, I loved to eat. I started eating when I wasn’t hungry. My weight has always been up and down.

I would hope my legacy would be bringing smiles to faces. Happiness with my music.

I have a very strong family.

I like to collaborate on my music. The creative process is fun, and you get a lot of ideas from having discussions about it. Ultimately, the final decision is mine.

In complete darkness we are all the same, it is only our knowledge and wisdom that separates us, don’t let your eyes deceive you.

It has taken me most of my adult life to come to terms with who I am. To do that, I had to break free of attitudes that brought me down.

I had a pretty sexual imagination for a kid.

I believe in a higher power. I believe in inspiration.

You can tell someone who doesn’t have love in their life, then someone who is in love.

I can be an emotional eater.

I’ve always been a tomboy. I’ve always liked to wear red, black, and white, and mostly pants.

As a child, I had to get up early for school or work. I’d get ready by myself. I’d set my alarm to wake me up very early in the morning, and be off to...

I think people really connect with the idea of someone who’s gained and lost weight in this very public way, and also someone who’s an emotional eater.

People can have rhinoceros skin, but there’s a point when something’s going to hurt you.

It’s really about being pleased with yourself.

I’m happy with the people that I have around me. And they’ve been friends of mine since I was young, for a very long time.

I always get bored with my hair. That’s why I would always change it throughout my career.

I have no clue why, but maybe sometimes when there’s someone you don’t hear from, it’s the person you want to hear from the most.

I don’t have a lot of friends.

You get yourself up for it somehow, and your endurance and the crowd gets you up, too.

I like myself a lot more than I used to. I had a very difficult time in my twenties especially. It was hard for me to look in the mirror and find something that I...

I truly felt that was going to be my last tour. So here we are again and I’m saying this will probably be my last tour. That’s truly the way I’m looking at it.

My parents are very competitive, so we are very competitive as kids. But it’s a good kind of competition; it’s not a jealousy. You always want to do your best, and if it can’t be...

We all have the need to feel special.

My brothers were gone on tour a lot, and I would miss them so much.

I feel everyone is put here for a reason. Everyone has a calling. I always thought my real calling was to help other people.

I’ve never been into what am I going to do next, trying to reinvent myself.

I don’t like to work out, and I get bored easily.

By age seven, I used to comb my hair for performances, just pull my hair up into a bun. Granted, it wasn’t a very intricate hairstyle. Still, to be that responsible and disciplined at age...

I’ve never been one for keeping a journal, so my songs were my journals. They allowed me to express my feelings and let people know what was going on with me. I knew that somebody...

I was never pushed into the religion by my mother or anyone else. I made up my own mind when I was old enough. I am not a religious person, but I am spiritual.

A lot of people who start work at a very young age never grow up because they never got that opportunity to be a child, so they hold on to that and still do a...

When I was younger, I thought you had to be in control of your own life. That takes a lot of discipline, hard work and focus. You just can’t let it all fall by the...

There are artists, true performers that have come before me who have been a big inspiration to me. I hope I do the same for others.

My first crush was Barry Manilow. He performed on TV and I taped it. When no one was around I’d kiss the screen.

Food has always brought me comfort and the bingeing is triggered when I’m in a space that is not positive.

I get so much energy from the fans.

If I wasn’t singing, I’d probably be, probably an accountant.

There’s other things I’d like to do. I probably won’t tour for a very, very long time. It’s something that you feel inside and that’s the way I’ve been looking at everything.

My concepts are never bright ideas; they’re never notions I think will sell or be trendy or attract new fans. I don’t think that way. All I can do is sing from my life.

You don’t have to hold onto the pain to hold onto the memory.

Another side to me is this very sexual being. When I look back on my life, it’s always been there. It’s been there since I was 10 years old, having the imagination that I had.

When I’m getting ready for a tour, I’ll work out with the dancers.

Being on ‘Good Times’ was the first time I was around a group of people that wasn’t my family.

I do think kids should be kids. You have the rest of your life to be an adult.

I kinda see everyone as competition.