I lived with my mom in a really small apartment. My bedroom was like in the living room. That's why I still love to sleep on couches now.

I love my heritage!

I love my legs.

I promised myself that I'd never actually admit to listening to 'New Kids on the Block.'

I'm a very caring person.

I've stepped more into my business and really... taken control for how I want that to be.

I've stepped more into my womanhood, I'm a mother now, I'm having a beautiful relationship as a wife and as a friend.

If I didn't love it, I would not record it.

My mom always said, 'Don't date a guy who thinks he's prettier than you.'

My mother is an actress, and she used to drag me from theater to theater and reading to reading.

Not because I'm trying to be fabulous, but I love those big crazy Jackie O shades.

Sometimes I've gotten photographs back and people have literally shaven off pieces of me, and I tell them to put it back.

Stevie Wonder's records introduced me to '70s soul when I was 12 or 13.

We are all one. We're not as separate as we oftentimes think.

When you're talented, you're talented.

You've got to love what's yours.

I love Bono. I really respect what he has done for Africa and how he has used his fame to do good in the world. I hope I can do half as much in my life.

I was tired and I had overworked myself and burnt myself out. So I went to Egypt by myself. When I saw what was built there, it made me understand how powerful we are, that we can create anything. And I felt like I needed to create things that were timeless too.

A lot of times I watch TV and I watch film and there's so many things I'd love to talk about that I feel don't get the opportunity to be shown. Sometimes things become very stereotypical and one-sided, and I feel like it's such a colorful world.

Adam Levine and I remade the Rolling Stones' classic Wild Horses, and it is right up my alley, that whole style. It has a style of its own but still stays very true to the classic arrangement, and I love it.