It's hard to be someone that people talk about and write about, you know? They don't know me.

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If you see me as just the princess then you misunderstand who I am and what I have been through.

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I'd rather be onstage with a pig - a duet with Jennifer Lopez and me just ain't going to happen.

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Basically, I started singing when I started talking. Music has just been my saving grace my whole life.

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One day I promised God that if he would give me my voice back I would never smoke again. I got three octaves back after quitting.

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I hope to be around past the 90's. I don't want to just be categorized as one of this era. My goal is to have a career that stands.

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A lot of people are singing about how screwed up the world is, and I don't think that everybody wants to hear about that all the time.

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I'm not one of those people that goes into details of my personal life on national TV to get attention. Some things are better left unsaid.

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If critics have problems with my personal life, it's their problem. Anybody with half a brain would realize that it's the charts that count.

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I do not think I reinvent myself. Wearing my hair differently or changing my style of dress is playing dress-up. I don't take it too seriously.

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