A lot of times I watch TV and I watch film and there's so many things I'd love to talk about that I feel don't get the opportunity to be shown. Sometimes things become very stereotypical and one-sided, and I…

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Not because I'm trying to be fabulous, but I love those big crazy Jackie O...

Not because I'm trying to be fabulous, but I love those big crazy Jackie O...

Once people see this 'Unplugged,' I just want them to feel the spontaneity, to feel...

Once people see this 'Unplugged,' I just want them to feel the spontaneity, to feel...

Adam Levine and I remade the Rolling Stones' classic Wild Horses, and it is right...

Adam Levine and I remade the Rolling Stones' classic Wild Horses, and it is right...

Sometimes I've gotten photographs back and people have literally shaven off pieces of me, and...

Sometimes I've gotten photographs back and people have literally shaven off pieces of me, and...

I feel like B sides are always better, no matter whose record it is.

I feel like B sides are always better, no matter whose record it is.

I really like to live my life in a low-key fashion.

I really like to live my life in a low-key fashion.

Soul music is timeless.

Soul music is timeless.

I love the written word so much, I know it's gonna flow naturally.

I love the written word so much, I know it's gonna flow naturally.

Simplicity makes me happy.

Simplicity makes me happy.

But when I first fell in love with the piano, I knew it was me....

But when I first fell in love with the piano, I knew it was me....

It's not until I hear songs that I've done, that I realize how much of...

It's not until I hear songs that I've done, that I realize how much of...

I promised myself that I'd never actually admit to listening to New Kids on the...

I promised myself that I'd never actually admit to listening to New Kids on the...

Stevie Wonder's records introduced me to '70s soul when I was 12 or 13.

Stevie Wonder's records introduced me to '70s soul when I was 12 or 13.

And I love kick boxing. It's a lot of fun. It gives you a lot...

And I love kick boxing. It's a lot of fun. It gives you a lot...

I'm not ashamed of what I am and that I have curves and that I'm...

I'm not ashamed of what I am and that I have curves and that I'm...

I love my own music.

I love my own music.

I've always been strong-minded, but I wonder.

I've always been strong-minded, but I wonder.

I'm a very caring person.

I'm a very caring person.

I would hate to make music and people love me for something that isn't me.

I would hate to make music and people love me for something that isn't me.

I lived with my mom in a really small apartment. My bedroom was like in...

I lived with my mom in a really small apartment. My bedroom was like in...