When I won in 2003 never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would win Wimbledon and have my kids seeing me lift the trophy so this is pretty surreal. And yeah I was almost shocked in the moment that it all came together so nicely.
I feel sorry... for people who've had skinny privilege and then have it taken...
As a kid I was always mad - just noticing the women at Thanksgiving running...
Reclaiming the word 'fat' was the most empowering step in my progress. I...
When I was a teenager I would lock myself in the bathroom for hours...
I've never had a very quiet voice. I tried in choir to make it smaller and...
It's really hard for me to sometimes put myself out there like 'Hey how do...
I love sad songs. They say so much. I love country music but even the happy...
Starting out really punk came from not knowing any better and listening to...
For me the greatest revenge of all is having a happy adulthood waking up in...
I've had people ask me in interviews what it's like to have money but that's...
'Get a Job' is about all the rich kids we knew when we were younger kids who...
I was brought up by a single mom in a poor town in Arkansas and while some...
We all seek approval and our mother's seal is usually the most important....
I was given baby doll toys myself and they proved a stark reminder that my...
When I moved out of my mom's house at 18 I was almost as sad to leave her...
Aretha Franklin was a teenage mom a musician who came from an incredibly...
I was born to be married. I just feel comfortable there. I love the idea of...
I have no control over what people think of me but I have 100% control of...
I'm constantly thinking about what I'll do next. I never count on music being...
When I am made fun of in the press I just remember those days when I'd come...
Here is my prescription to heal all wounds. Watch the film 'Funny Girl' at...
Olympia was a town crawling with music. I was new to the whole punk scene....
As with most phobias the fear of flying does make some sense but if ever...
You live in this shadow that you're going to burn in Hell until you're saved....
I don't feel famous and I didn't want my autobiography to be like a Paris...
When you see a fantastic colour or cut in a magazine perched up on some...
Do I ever think Gossip will be really massive in America? No I don't think...
My mother told me Homer Ditto was not my father. Nope. Mom had had a fling...
My dad liked to boil a squirrel head and suck the brains out the nose....
I think it's really cool that there are people like Adele on the cover of...
All this fashion stuff - who's cool now - is just a bigger version of the...
For my group of friends is Lady Gaga eye-opening? No. She's a less dangerous...
Girls are taught to sing high and pretty like Antony not low and from the...
I just like food too much and I don't want to change. I spent so much of...
Thanks to capitalism the importance placed on beauty has never been so...
I thought to be feminine was to give in to straight culture or the beauty...
