We've made so many advances in other areas - civil rights, gay rights - but ageism is still an area that's taboo and not talked about and dealt with.

I am attracted to a thug. I like that quality, but I like the other side of it, too. Because all guys who go around behaving in macho ways are really scared little girls. So you have to look beneath the surface. There's a difference between my ideal man and a man that I'm sexually attracted to, believe me. Therein lies the rub.

When I see myself as an old woman, I just think about being happy. And hopefully, I'll still be fly.

Minds ripen at very different ages.

There's no such thing in aging, but maturing and knowledge. It's beautiful, I call that beauty.

The last thing a young woman needs is another picture of a sexy pop star writing in sand, covered in grease, touching herself.