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" Before, I was really passive, all I cared about was being in love with my boyfriend. I didn't have any creative power, nothing. I don't know that person any more. "

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" My parents always pushed creativity on us, but they made it seem like the fun thing to do. "

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" This last year I kind of stopped working out. I think my body just needed a break. And so I did that, and focused more on feeling good as opposed to beating myself up. "

" I have learned to delegate. "

" My mom always said I was the peacemaker in the family. My older brother, Eric, was the leader, the creative one. I was just his puppet. "

" I want to be a guy, but I want to wear a lot of makeup. "

" Writing songs is super intimate. It's a bit like getting naked. "

" A miracle... my biggest accomplishment is my marriage so far. Because it's hard, everyone knows it's hard. "

" I'm like every other girl. I have to try really hard my whole life to try to be fit. And I'm super-vain. "

" Out of all the artistic things I do, music is the most rewarding because it's so hard to write songs. "

" I'm just, like, totally normal. The fact that any of this has happened, that we're sitting here at the Beverly Hills Hotel just gets me going, like, 'What?' "

" I have to be creative to be happy. "

" And if I let myself down, appear on stage when I'm not looking my best, it's not fun for me. I just beat myself up about it. "

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" I wanted so badly to have a backup plan for when I'm not performing anymore. Let's be realistic: it's not going to be like this forever. "

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" The one thing that makes me feel super lucky about my financial success is that I have a housekeeper. "

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" You can't plan anything, right? You can try. "

" I'm vain enough to want do a movie again. "

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" As a famous person you think how you're gonna end it, get away and have a normal life. "