"I do think of myself as a queen, but I don't think I'm the only queen. There's room for other queens. We reign over different kingdoms."
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"Being able to step outside of yourself in order to help someone else is why we're all here, it's what we should all be doing if we can."
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"You can be sexy, but you can't be 50"
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"One is that we are all responsible for our actions, our behavior, and our words, and we must take responsibility for everything we say and do. I am the architect of my destiny. You can`t blame other people for things that happened to you."
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"To me punk rock is thinking outside of the box, outside of the program, outside the establishment."
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"I think there are just as many assholes meeting the old-fashioned way as there are meeting in the new hookup culture."
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"Whenever I do my live shows, I feel artistically inspired and excited because I get to do and say a lot of things that I can't if I just make a record. A lot of times it's the only way people are going to hear my music because you don't get to have your music played on Top 40 if you're above the age of 35."
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"Things were a lot simpler in Detroit. I didn't care about anything but boyfriends."
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"If any of you have seen my shows, you know that I don't skimp on them and the same is true for the gym. We spend what it takes to make a globally first-class gym."
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"I think for the most part men have always been the aggressors sexually. Through time immemorial they've always been in control. So I think sex is equated with power in a way, and that's scary in a way. It's scary for men that women would have that power, and I think it's scary for women to have that power - or to have that power and be sexy at the same time."
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"The thing I love most about being famous is people listening to me when I have something important to say."
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"I was more of a dancing kid than a singing kid. I mean, I sang in school choirs and I sang in school musicals, but I was much more interested in dancing than singing."
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"It's not easy having a good marriage--but I don't want easy. Easy doesn't make you grow. Easy doesn't make you think. I thank God everyday that I am married to a man who makes me think. That's my definition of true love."
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"I like film soundtracks. I like the soundtracks better than the movies."
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"I dare you to read a book this weekend! War and Peace? To Kill a Mocking Bird? Catcher in the Rye? The Heart is a Lonely Hunter? For Whom the Bell Tolls? As i lay Dying? Giovanni's Room? The Bell Jar? These books changed my life. #artforfreedom #rebelheart"
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"I don't like to be provocative for the sake of being provocative."
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"Some people are medicating themselves all the time so that they don't have to embrace themselves. If you can't feel, you can't embrace."
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"The thing I like least about being famous is being overly scrutinized for everything I say and do."
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"I don't think I have to introduce myself, unless you don't recognize me with my clothes on."
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"Hanging a noose on my door reeks of cowardice and fear on many, many levels."
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