Many of my books come from what if questions that I can't answer things that I'm worried about as either a woman a wife a mom an American.

My mom was sarcastic about men. She would tell me Adam was the rough draft and Eve was the final product. She was a feminist minister an earth mom who wore a bra only on Sundays.

There are days when I struggle with wanting to be a full-time stay-at-home mom and feeling guilty about that because I work.

Every single thing I learned about marketing and building my business I learned from my mom and she had never been in the workforce. She just had great practical sense.

I wanted to be a 150% entrepreneur and a 150% mom and I found that I was having a very hard time doing both. I was about 75% and 75% - still better than 100% but not what I was accustomed to at work.

It's about getting the kids up and fed getting one to school getting the other down for a nap going to the grocery store picking one up from school getting the other one down for another nap cooking dinner... I live my life at these two extremes. I'm either a full-time stay-at-home mom or a full-time actress.

My mom was paranoid about my safety.

My mom she wasn't like a baseball mother who knew everything about the game. She just wanted me to be happy with what I was doing.

I was worried about my mom more than I was worried about the president. And then I was worried about the president and then I was worried about myself.

So far I'm not surprised by anything about being a mom. It's all pretty great - but that's what I expected.

After my mom died there was so much written about her fashion and her style and all that and I felt that one of the most important parts of her was missing her real intellectual curiosity.

Every time I think I have something under control it changes and I don't have it under control. I think it takes several years to get there. Jade is 19 months old so right now I'm on alert all the time. And as a mom I think you're constantly worrying about things.

Even in high school I'd tell my mom I was sick of swimming and wanted to try to play golf. She wasn't too happy. She'd say 'Think about this.' And I'd always end up getting back in the pool.

Being a singer is all about me. About ego. Being a mom is all about being selfless - two different worlds.

I just go about my life. I'm a mom I drive an SUV I go to the grocery store every day. I'm definitely not a celebrity. I always say that I'm a celebrity-adjacent.

The best situation is being a single parent. The best part about is that you get time off too because the kids are with their mom so it's the best of both worlds. There's a lot to be said for it.

When I was little my mom tells me I used to say things like 'Mom do you hear the string section? Do you hear the string section?' And she would look at me and say 'No honey I don't know what you're talking about.'

My mom is at my house every day and she nags me about everything especially hygiene.

I started cooking when I was about 10. I have memories like when I was 6 or 7 with my mom and when I was 12 I started getting real serious about cooking.

When you are getting ready to become a mom being in love with someone just isn't enough. You need to think about whether he would be a good parent and raise your children with similar beliefs.

For everything I do I think about a 6-year-old girl and her mom that I saw at my concert last night. I think about what those two individuals would think if I were at a club last night. I never want to be arrested and I never want to get a DUI those are my moral values.

I think my mother is my biggest influence. There are so many things I hate about her but at the same time I'm thankful for her. All I know is that when I'm a parent I want to be just like my mom. I can talk to my mom more than any of my friends could talk to their parents.

I wish my mother had left me something about how she felt growing up. I wish my grandmother had done the same. I wanted my girls to know me.

Take motherhood: nobody ever thought of putting it on a moral pedestal until some brash feminists pointed out about a century ago that the pay is lousy and the career ladder nonexistent.