"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

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

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

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

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

"I had a pretty sexual imagination for a kid."

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

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

"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."

"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."

"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."

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

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

"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."

"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."

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

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

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