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People used to say nobody can sing my songs but me - they're too personal.

Whatever else has been said about me personally is unimportant. When I sing, I believe. I'm honest.

It is one of the most validating things for an artist like me, to have people sing along to your songs.

You've got a song you're singing from your gut, you want that audience to feel it in their gut. And you've got to make them think that you're one of them sitting out there with them too. They've got to be able to relate to what you're doing.

People see you sing in a certain way, in a long dress, and you are put on a pedestal like you have never made a mistake in your life.

Performers like to perform, and there's certainly no disgrace in entertaining people, in giving pleasure, you hope, through your singing. My work defines who I am.

Singing is just another outlet to express what I feel and to show everyone who I really am. I really don't talk about my personal life that much in interviews because that's my life, but with music, the way I write explains who I am.

I think I hid my singing talent from a lot of my friends at school because I didn't want to alienate anyone. If everyone was singing along in the car to a Madonna song, I didn't join in because when we're younger we're afraid of sticking out or showing off, when in fact we should own those things that make us really unique.

When I decided to be a singer, my mother warned me I'd be alone a lot. Basically we all are.