 Butterflies are always following me, everywhere I go. |
| In this world, I call the shots and I think I know best. |
| I'm not one of those people that goes into details of my personal life on national TV to get attention. Some things are better left unsaid. |
| If you see me as just the princess then you misunderstand who I am and what I have been through. |
| My mother is Irish, my father is black and Venezuelan, and me - I'm tan, I guess. |
| A lot of people are singing about how screwed up the world is, and I don't think that everybody wants to hear about that all the time. |
| There is a light at the end of the tunnel... hopefully its not a freight train! |
| One day I promised God that if he would give me my voice back I would never smoke again. I got three octaves back after quitting. |
| I don't mind being compared to Whitney, there are people miles worse to be compared to. |
| My heart has never been broken, I've never broken anyone else's. |
| Forget the image, forget the ensemble, forget the rumours, forget the short skirts, the big hair, whatever! I owe this to the fans and I will never forget you so I want to accept this award on behalf of all of you. |
| This is for all of you out there tonight, reaching for a dream - don't ever give up! Never ever listen to anyone, when they try to discourage you, because they do that, believe me! |
| I hope to be around past the 90's. I don't want to just be categorized as one of this era. My goal is to have a career that stands. |
| Basically, I started singing when I started talking. Music has just been my saving grace my whole life. |
| I do not think I reinvent myself. Wearing my hair differently or changing my style of dress is playing dress-up. I don't take it too seriously. |
| Never, never listen to anybody that try to discourage you. |
| Whatever you're going through in your life, don't ever give up. |
| If critics have problems with my personal life, it's their problem. Anybody with half a brain would realize that it's the charts that count. |
| It's hard to be someone that people talk about and write about, you know? They don't know me. |
| I don't think anyone knows as much about what's right for me as I do. |
