“I think there's something very lovely and hilarious about exploring the particular neuroses of the female mind. It's just not the same thing with men. I mean, there are exceptions, but for the most part, women beat themselves up in their heads more. They overanalyze stuff far more than men do.”

“I believe I became one of the first singers to be launched via television exposure. I guess I was a new kind of musical stylist for a new kind of media.”