It's very validating when you are new in the industry to get awards. It boosts your self-esteem.

When you're single and in your 20s, you throw on a pair of jeans and look fabulous.

Any time I have to get on a plane and leave my kids for a few days, it's kind of tortuous.

Even if your job is a professional singer, we still dork out at home.

Prince used to call me up 3am in the morning and invite me to hear some of his new songs.

My mother has never been involved in my professional life. I am very close to my mother but we keep it on a mother-daughter basis and not a work-related basis.