"Music is my first love. Ever since I was a little girl I've dreamt of one day being lucky enough to share my music wi…"

"Lyrics to me are of utmost importance and they mean so much to me — in every song that I write, the lyrics have to co…"

"I've dedicated myself to ensuring that every word that I say, everything I write, every role that I play … I know tha…"

"One hundred years hence, what a change will be made, In politics, morals, religion and trade, In statesmen who wrangl…"

"Our laws then will be uncompulsory rules, Our prisons converted to national schools."

"Oppression and war will be heard of no more, Nor the blood of a slave leave his print on our shore, Conventions will …"

"[About Madonna] I disagree. Nor do I agree with the association of Madonna's name with the title of her LP Like a Vir…"

"I could have had a career in cinema. It was difficult to reinvent myself as a singer. I have a weak voice. I can swin…"

"I do yoga and meditation. I'm a vegetarian and I've given up alcohol."

"It's better to be the one who leaves than the one who is left."