All I Want To Do Is Be

[2010] Was A Rough Year. Between My Divorce And The Other Things I Went Through, A Lot Happened. It's Hard For Anyone To Go Through That In Public. But When You're A Celebrity And Under A Microscope, It's 58 Million Times Harder. I Grew An Even Thicker Skin After That Hard Year.

I’ve Never Watched An Entire Episode Of "american Idol." It’s Too Mean. Why Would Anyone Want To Go On A Show To Be Ripped Apart? I Don’t Want To Be Tough With My Singers, But I Do Want To Tell Them On "the Voice" That If You Really Want This, You’ll Be Kicked When You’re Down. You Have To Be Willing To Roll With Those Punches. You Have To Really Want It.

Nothing Is Ever A Setback. If Anything, It Just Motivates You For What's Next.

For Me The Visual Is Just As Important As The Music. I Would Never Record Without My Red Lipstick. It Was My Way Of Getting Into Character, Sort Of Like Method Singing.

I've Always Been Inspired Even More By Any Naysayers To Keep Going For What I Really Want And They've Almost Been My Inspiration Many Times More So Than Any Positive People Around Me To Conquer.