“I’m very comfortable with being productive. I like doing things, and I like creating things. As far as being powerful, I guess I’m comfortable with it. It’s not really how I think of myself.”

If anyone can figure out how to balance my celebrity and my dual careers in music and film, it’s me. I don’t feel frightened; I feel challenged.

You have to remember the value of your individuality – that you have something special and different to offer that nobody else can.

I have my own high standards for what I want in a partner and how I want to be treated. I bring a lot to the table. I’m not talking about material things but what I have to offer as a person – love and loyalty and all the things that make a good relationship.

For me, love is the never-ending question. It is confusing. It is the answer, but it is also inundated with contradictions and complications.

You get what you give. What you put into things is what you get out of them.

You’ve gotta do things that make you happy. As women, we tend to give away a lot. We take care of a lot of people, and we can’t forget to take care of ourselves.

Once you have a lot of success, you become a target in many ways.

My parents wanted me to be a lawyer. But I don’t think I would have been very happy. I’d be in front of the jury singing.

People used to believe their life-or at least their life as a performer-was over at 28 or some ungodly age! God, when I think of myself back then, I had no idea who I was. I think I’m barely getting that under control now.

You like the way I dress The way I wear my hair Show me off to all your friends Baby, I don’t care Just as long as you tell them who I am Tell them I’m the one that made you give a damn.

And at the end of the day, I just want my work to speak for itself.

Mommy. It’s just the one thing you don’t want to mess up.

I judge people on how they smell, not how they look.

My mom always told me that if you work hard, you can achieve anything. And it’s true. It’s one of the truest things ever.

Lifes too short to live the same day twice.

I like to maintain a certain sense of fantasy in my life.

Your eyes are my favorite book where all of my comforts lie.

Comfortable shoes and the freedom to leave are the two most important things in life.

The art of being uncomfortable is a fine one it is necessary to become strong.

Watch carefully the magic that occurs when you give a person enough comfort to just be themselves.

Every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions, which move with him like flies on a summer day.

Even as we live our lives apart it is comforting to know – you are only a dream away.

Inner peace cannot be attained if chaos is where you find comfort.

From the point of view of wealth, there is no difference between need, comfort, and pleasure.