Businesswomen From The United States

"Well, if you compare my album even as late as two years ago, I think as a writer I am much more at the forefront. I wrote all the lyrics and lots of the music on that album. It shows humor of the writer side of me. But I have evolved since then."

"Oh, that's a good question because what I would consider essential may be different than what my record company and the fans might have in mind. But when you do a retrospective of 20 years like this (album) and realize that you had so many hit singles, it's really an honor. There's a couple of songs that I wrote, one is called "Along Came You" for my daughter Emily; and the other, "Nayib's Song (I Am Here for Your) for my son. Both are in the 'slow disc.' I put them in even if they were not singles or hits because for me my being a mother is an essential part of who I am.""

"[I've] written all original music [for the forthcoming Spanish-language CD], as was [1993's] "Mi tierra" -- years back. It's very organic. It's really down to the roots. I'm in love with that record. It's very rhythmic. It's a very passionate record, and I'm thrilled. It should come out next [2007] summer. And a single probably early on in the summer. The album probably will be [out] around September [2007]."

"I'm never going to stop making music. I couldn't."

"Esperando (Cuando Cuba Sea Libre) is probably one of the most personal songs from the new [September, 2007] CD, "90 Millas" . . . as it really speaks about the celebration, nostalgia and emotion that will happen the day Cuba is free. If we're to move forward in Cuba, we really have to have a lot of forgiveness for each other and look towards the future."

"Music is a healing force and we have the privilege of sharing it. It's an awesome responsibility. It has to be something that says something from you. It's a beautiful way to live your life. Whether you end up doing it for a business or just end up singing for your kids, teaching other people to do music, or doing therapy, go forward with a lot of belief, because it's such an amazing way to live your life."

"I never stop learning."

"My Conga people [fans] will find me anywhere I go."

"I'm happy and I have a great life."

"[I would like to be] one of [the first pop singers to perform in a free Cuba]. I know the list is huge. And it would be hard to pull off -- I'd have a lump as big as a tostone [fried green plantain] in my throat. But oh my God, what a dream -- it would be the height of my personal and professional career."

"[She was the first pop singer to perform for a Pope.] And a woman at that. Apparently Pope John Paul II and his boys -- is that what you call them? -- loved one of my songs and thought I was putting spiritual messages in my music. I'm not religious as such. Dogma and I don't get along. They knew all that, but the Pope was celebrating 50 years as a priest, and he asked for me. Quite an audience -- bishops, cardinals, a handful of nuns -- and me, covered from neck to ankles."

"I just want to say that um, I'm just really, really shocked at like how nice our world is because it's just so nice. Like oh my God! Like, the other day, like I was sitting there and I saw these magazines and they said I was pregnant, and like, it's so true. Like America, believe everything you read. Because, like, you're smart and I'm stupid. Like for real. Come on y'all."

"Everyone now, they look back and they're like, "What happened to your sweet image that you used to be?" And I'm like, then when you came out you thought I was too provocative. It's like you can never win. No matter what you do, at the end of the day you can't please everybody, you know. I'm not here to please..."

"About shocking. You know I feel comfortable in my skin. I think it's an okay thing to express yourself."

"Honestly, I think we should just trust our president in every decision that he makes and we should just support that, you know, and, um, be faithful in what happens."

"I think I'm still clean living, you know? That's something, when I—I don't go home and have orgies or anything like that. I'm still the same person that I've always been. So…."

"Carlson: Give me the chronology of the kiss. How did you decide to kiss Madonna? Spears: Well, actually, in rehearsals, it wasn't something that was like, "Y'know, This is what we're gonna do. Y'know." It was just kinda like we play around a little bit and, um, she said during—before the performance, "Let's just feel it out and see what happens." So I didn't know it was gonna be that long and everything, but it was cool."

"I look back and think I'm a smart person! What the hell was I thinking?"

"Sundance is weird. The movies are weird—you actually have to think about them when you watch them."

"Eat it, lick it, snort it, fuck it!"

"I don't think you can ever count somebody like her out. Because she may appear one way, but she's very clever."

"In the summer of 2021, the world was shocked to learn that Britney Spears had been forcibly inserted with a contraceptive IUD as part of her legal conservatorship, and that her father had control not only of her finances, but her performance schedule, access to her children, and ability to visit with her boyfriend. These are just some of the rights that are routinely stripped from people with mental illnesses and disabilities, and for those who lack the public visibility and privilege of someone like Spears, there is almost no recourse."

"Britney’s been doing it since she was like 13. It's kind of fair that she had a little bit of a meltdown. I mean, she's been through a lot. I think she's gonna be alright now. She's an intelligent girl."

"Watching Britney Spears the other night [on the MTV Video Music Awards] was like watching a public execution. How could the people at MTV, the people around her, not know this girl was fucked up? People came in expecting a train wreck, and they got more than they bargained for."

"Every time I look at that girl on television, I admire her, not because she's a celebrity—I don't admire her celebreality—I admire her because she's a child of God and doesn't know it. I'm talkin' 'bout Britney Spears. It breaks my heart. Anna Nicole, it broke my heart. You know, I knew what she was doing, I didn't like what she was doing, but I know she's a child of God, and I see people all the time, who have so much that don't know they have, so much beauty, inner beauty, and so much going for them that they don't know they're goin', but the Devil will take everything from you if you don't know who you are in Christ."

"Her song is called "Gimme More" for a reason: because all you people want is more, more, more, more, more! Leave her alone! You're lucky she even performed for you bastards! Leave Britney alone! Please!"

"Yes, I've done Britney Spears, but don't blame me, okay? I make her up and she just takes everything off and does her own thing."

"Every day The sun comes up again A little hope begins"

"See the sunlight, we ain't stoppin' Keep on dancin' 'til the world ends If you feel it, let it happen Keep on dancin' 'til the world ends Keep on dancin' 'til the world ends Keep on dancin' 'til the world ends"

"I can't take it, take it, take no more Never felt like, felt like this before Come on, get me, get me on the floor DJ, what you, what you waiting for? Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh"

"If I said my heart was beating loud If we could escape the crowd somehow If I said I want your body now, would you hold it against me? 'Cause you feel like paradise, and I need a vacation tonight So, if I said I want your body now, would you hold it against me?"

"Someday I will understand In God's whole plan And what He's done to me Oh, but maybe Someday I will breathe And I'll finally see I'll see it all in my baby"

"Every time I try To fly, I fall. Without my wings, I feel so small."

"With a taste of your lips I'm on a ride You're toxic, I'm slipping under With a taste of a poison paradise I'm addicted to you Don't you know that you're toxic"

"Oops!...I did it again I played with your heart got lost in the game Oh baby baby I did this to you please forgive baby"

"Sometimes I run Sometimes I hide Sometimes I'm Scared Of You"

"My loneliness is killing me (and I) I must confess, I still Believe (still believe) When I'm not with you I lose my mind Give me a sign! Hit me Baby One More Time!"

"Saying 'no' is so heartbreaking."

"I'm so blessed with my baby. And I want the most normal life possible for him. And I'll manage, I will create that."

"There's always a way. Where there's a will there is a way. You have to believe."

"You have babies at home. And you have a life. And if you don't, you have to realize that we're people and that we just need privacy and we need our respect. And those are things that you have to have as a human being."

"There will be a "Oops 100." They'll be plenty more oopses. I'm not perfect. I'm human."

"Oh, I've wept. Yeah, I've definitely wept just with the world, you know, how judgmental they are. You know what, I know I'm a good mom."

"That driving incident, I did it with my dad. I'd sit on his lap and I drive. We're country."

"I think with anybody who's doing well in the public eye or whatever, there's always gonna be a shift because people don't wanna see somebody happy all the time. And they're gonna try to take shots at people."

"I'm very, very blessed. But my safety, my privacy, and my respect are three things that I feel like are trying to be taken away from me right now. As a mother I have to speak up and say something. I have to speak up."

"The only person I do worry about, that I want to be a good person for, I think is my responsibility, is my sister. I'm going to be cool for you, okay. I like, I need to, I like being by myself right now. I think it's good for me."

"I think honestly if you can wait until you're married I think you should definitely do that, because it's so much more sacred. That you don't go around sleeping with people. But I mean, I really thought I was going to be with him for the rest of my life, I did."