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

It is my belief that we all have the need to feel special. It is this need that can bring out the best in us, yet the worst in us.

I kinda see everyone as competition. I'm a very competitive person. But I think that's good. Competition is great. And as long as it's friendly and not a malicious thing, then I think it's cool.

Big sisters and brothers... I am telling you, it never changes.

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

I think it's great if a guy has a good sized package.

That's a part of me going back to what I used to do.

I am the baby in the family, and I always will be. I am actually very happy to have that position. But I still get teased. I don't mind that.

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

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.

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

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.

You can't hold the record forever, and I know that. I'm not stupid.

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

All those songs reflect all the people that live within me.

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

I have a pretty bad temper. But you have to really push me to see it. But everybody has their things.

To have someone to relate to and hopefully enjoy the music and get a positive message out of it, to make the best music that we possibly could, those were the goals.

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.

You dont have to hold on to the pain, to hold on to the memory.

I've talked about sex a great deal in my music for a great while now. I feel very comfortable with it.

You get used to working with one choreographer. You kind of get stuck in that vein and you work your way out of it, picking up someone else's style, their flavor. It takes a bit of time.

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.

I had a pretty sexual imagination for a kid.

I wanted to talk about my life. There is so much. I was 18 when I made the record, and I had a lot to say.

It was the Control album that was really about what I wanted to do.

I think it's been a little difficult at times for the audience, because they've told me they see me as a family member. So to see your little sister sing about sex... I think they are pretty used to it now.

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 lot of childish, silly things.

Acting was always my first passion.

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 work, the family driver driving me every morning. I did it alone, my parents never coming in to wake me up.

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

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 seven is unusual.

Competition is great. And as long as it's friendly and not a malicious thing, then I think it's cool.

Dreams can become a reality when we possess a vision that is characterized by the willingness to work hard, a desire for excellence, and a belief in our right and our responsiblity to be equal members of society.

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.

Every body type is different - that's what makes you unique. What makes you special is you, and you are different from the next person.

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

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

I always write my music based on what is going on in my life at the time.

I am not a religious person, but I am spiritual. But I don't believe in things like guilt.

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

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

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 have a very strong family.

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 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 liked about myself.

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.

I wanted to be on my own and get out of the house. We were the kind of kids that - we - obeyed our parents. If they said no, you don't ask why.

I was two when we left Indiana, and I don't really remember it that well.