Once people see this 'Unplugged,' I just want them to feel the spontaneity, to feel passionate... I want you to see another side of me, that's free, and feel where my head is, where whatever happens, happens. I want you to feel inspired.
Simplicity makes me happy.
I'm not ashamed of what I am and that I have curves and that I'm thick, t like my body.
The last thing I want is to walk into my house after a long day and see all the Grammys and awards. It would make me feel weird.
Sometimes I've gotten photographs back and people have literally shaven off pieces of me, and I tell them to put it back.
When I was younger, studying classical music, I really had to put in the time. Three hours a day is not even nice - you have to put in six.
Not because I'm trying to be fabulous, but I love those big crazy Jackie O shades.
My mother is an actress, and she used to drag me from theater to theater and reading to reading.
My mom is definitely my rock.
It's not until I hear songs that I've done, that I realize how much of an inspiration music from the '60s and '70s has been.
If I want to be alone, some place I can write, I can read, I can pray, I can cry, I can do whatever I want - I go to the bathroom.
If I didn't love it, I would not record it.
I've always been strong-minded, but I wonder.
I'm very happy with my body.
Stevie Wonder's records introduced me to '70s soul when I was 12 or 13.