Becoming famous was never what I wanted to do. There's a lot of things that come with fame - it's what people in the limelight have to do.

The way people look at me these days - that's the same way I looked at President Obama before I met him. We tend to forget that people who've attained a certain position are human.

It's a complete lie, why do people buy these papers? It's not the truth I'm here to say. You know, don't judge a person, do not pass judgement, unless you have talked to them one on one. I don't care what the story is, do not judge them because it is a lie.

I think I'm smart unless I'm really, really in love and then I am ridiculously stupid.

Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.

I love it when people say things to me in public and want to meet me, because I want to meet them! Early on, my manager told me, 'If you want to sell 500,000 records, then go out there and meet 500,000 people.'