My identity shifted when I got into recovery. That's who I am now, and it actually gives me greater pleasure to have that identity than to be a musician or anything else, because it keeps me in a manageable size. When I'm down on the ground with my disease-which I'm happy to have-it gets me in tune. It gives me a spiritual anchor. Don't ask me to explain.

Diva is a female version of a hustler.

I am the Lizard King. I can do anything!

The way that I sing, what I sing about, what I wear, who I am, this is me. I was born this way.

If I'm gonna tell a real story, I'm gonna start with my name.

Yes, I am a pirate two hundred years too late.