But I'm a rock 'n' roll singer; that's my livelihood, my occupation.

I don't think a woman has to act like a man to show that she has strength.

People called rock & roll 'African music.' They called it 'voodoo music.' They said that it would drive the kids insane. They said that it was just a flash in the pan - the same thing that they always used to say about hip-hop.

I've never gotten money from most of those records. And I made those records: In the studio, they'd just give me a bunch of words, I'd make up a song! The rhythm and everything. 'Good Golly Miss Molly'! And I didn't get a dime for it.

You were designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness.

I absolutely think the Seattle grunge sound was instrumental to my music education.

The thing that I learned early on is you really need to set goals in your life, both short-term and long-term, just like you do in business. Having that long-term goal will enable you to have a plan on how to achieve it.

I was taught that education is the most important thing.