The most successful people I've worked with, like the Rolling Stones - people of a different, kind of legendary caliber - have such great, warm energy.
So, where's the Cannes Film Festival being held this year?
Thankfully, I have my mom and a small group of close friends who are there for me 24/7 and whom I can trust and depend on.
It's been quite a roller coaster ride, but I've grown and learned a lot about myself. The greatest thing is being able to interact with fans and touch people's lives... for that I give thanks.
I'm one that likes to collaborate.
I have spoken honestly about being born into a home where there was discord and chaos. I saw my mom have a rough time with my dad being very controlling, which is why I push back whenever I feel like someone is trying to box me in. It makes me run for the hills.
Growing up with the childhood that I had, I learned to never let a man make me feel helpless, and it also embedded a deep need in me to always stick up for women.
I should not have to prove my ethnicity to anyone. I know who I am.
I'm an ocean, because I'm really deep. If you search deep enough you can find rare exotic treasures.
I'm experimental by nature... always exploring my creativity.
When I'm traveling on tour, one of my favorite things to do is to throw a baseball cap on and go to a Target. The company has always been good to me. They've got such a great creative team.
Getting older, you just don't want to sing fluffy.
To be given the opportunity to help shape new artists' careers and mentor them to see their dreams come to fruition is a task I welcome with open arms.
I think you can really gauge my state of mind by listening to my albums.
I have six-year-old fans that weren't even around for 'Genie in a Bottle' or even 'Fighter.'
In order to effect great change, we need to look at how we can help those in our own communities as well as globally.
I never mind contorting myself for a good cause.
I remember watching the Grammys and looking at the performances and crying to my mom, saying how much I wanted to be there.
I still have my eyes on the prize: I want to be that old lady onstage shaking her hips and singing her greatest hits.
I look back at the looks I've had over the years. I'm proud of myself that I had the courage to experiment with crazy hairstyles and some fashion things. Would I do it again? No. But that's part of the learning process and getting from point A to point B.
