"You're not going to say anything about me that I'm not going to say about myself. There's so many things that I think about myself; if someone really wanted to get at me, they could say this and this …"

"I'm a fighter. I never give up. And I always stand up for what I believe in."

"I don't have any regrets. Everything I've done has led me to where I am today."

"I don't write songs for people to like me. I write songs for people to understand me."

"I'm not a role model for kids. I'm a role model for people who are messed up."