"I'm a businesswoman who's serious about her money. I want an empire."

"Performing live is the greatest high in the world. That's why I do what I do."

"I'm not a diva. I'm a tadpole trying to be a frog."

"I'd lose my mind if I heard my kid call the nanny Mommy."

"I'll probably be 80 years old and still performing. Music is like fashion, it changes. But some things will always be the same."

"I know for works for me - those wonderful sad love songs."

"I can't record in the morning because I sound like Barry White."

"To do what you love can sometimes be stressful."

"Grammys, American Music Awards, successful albums, I'd pick my kids any day over any of it."

"You don't want a whole bunch of yes people around you."

"I was a 10 million-plus selling artist."

"I am fed up with men who use sex like a sleeping pill."