It's easy to forget who you are.

I'm a '60s troubadour, a folk-rock relic, a wordsmith from bygone days, a fictitious head of state from a place nobody knows. I'm in the bottomless pit of cultural oblivion.

I'm a good girl because I really believe in love, integrity, and respect.

A lot of people wanted to try to make me the white Nicki Minaj. That's not what I'm trying to do. I love 'hood' music, but my talent is as a singer. My 13-year-old self would have beaten up my 17-year-old self because she would be like, 'You're a sellout!'

Whether I'm wearing lots of makeup or no makeup, I'm always the same person inside.

I'm not one icon. I'm every icon. I'm an icon that is made out of all the colors on the palette at every time.