This is one hell of a business I picked to be in.
Well, honey, I had the million dollar houses, I had the car, I had the horse, I had the barn; I had everything. Was I set free? I didn't even know what that meant.
That's really my goal now. I'm trying to be a positive role model to my kids and to just enjoy this ride, because it's hard. It's hard to enjoy it when you're in it.
So when I'm working out I do things extreme.
Plus, I am paranoid by nature. I need to be in control.
My tastes and inspirational artists were always rather eclectic and diverse.
When I first came out, like a lot of the artists at that time, I had a very polished, very overproduced sound.
I came out the box and for seven years I had a huge career. And then it's done, it's dumped. But I ain't gone, and I refuse to be gone.
All you needed back then was a blow dryer and a dream.
And I'm also looking for a comeback record and it has to touch a lot of people.
But once you strip that down, you realize it's all about a voice, like a Norah Jones - that's inspiring to me.
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 have to be very careful about diet and exercise.
I just try to get out of my own way because if anyone is their own worst enemy, it's usually you.
I smoked some pot as a kid, but I just never did drugs.