You know, I look at Britney Spears who can’t even drive without paparazzi in her face, and if I ever get to that level, which I don’t expect, but if it does happen and success does happen to come my way, then I’m going to be prepared.
Britney and I are on the same page. There are no grudges. We communicate on disciplining the kids, and if they’re grounded here, they’re grounded there. She’s a completely different person – as the kids will tell you!
Co-parenting is going great with Britney. The schedule has been worked out over time, and we talk when we need to. It’s always about the boys – mostly school stuff – and we make sure we stay on top of that. It’s going great.
I was doing YouTube before YouTube was a thing. I was making videos on my camcorder for my friends. I would do parodies of Britney Spears videos and stuff like that.
When I was first starting out in the music industry, I was always coupled in the same sentence with Jessica Simpson, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera – and I was probably the worst of them. I think a lot of people back then thought, ‘Mandy Moore… she’ll probably go back to where she came from in a year.’
If a Martian came down to Earth and watched television, he’d come to conclusion that all the world’s society is based on Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. He’d be amazed that our society hasn’t collapsed.
Britney proposing to me on a plane three months after we met, and getting married two months later was just us living in the moment. I really thought I’d spend the rest of my life with her.
I love divas. Madonna, Mariah, Beyonce, Britney.
The first time I got into the studio, when I was 17, 18, I got to work with people who were some part of the Cheiron thing, who did all the early Britney Spears stuff, all the early ‘NSync stuff.
I wasn’t Britney Spears or Jessica Simpson. I wasn’t Tori Amos or Norah Jones. Nobody knew what to do with me.
Las Vegas honors women – Celine Dion, Bette Midler, Britney Spears. I love that Las Vegas celebrates women.
I didn’t even know about guys wearing makeup, like David Bowie and Boy George. When I was really young, I wasn’t into that – I was into Britney Spears.
I’m a big Kings of Leon fan. And there’s probably some Britney Spears and Justin Bieber in my playlist too – which I’m definitely not ashamed of.
I’ve actually been compared to every female singer going from Britney, Christina, Mariah, Duffy, Amy Winehouse, everyone. And they are so different, so I think it’s cool that people see me as so many different artistes but I think I’m a little different, yeah.
If Rihanna stripped it all down morally rather than with her clothes, perhaps we’d get closer to Nina Simone. She’s talented, but all we want is to sing the truth. If Britney Spears was to sing closer to her heart, she might have been the new Bobby Gentry or Dolly Parton.
When I sing along with Britney Spears I will sing in an American accent. But eventually I found my own voice. My songs are so brutally honest, it would be alien to sing in any accent other than my own. Don’t get me wrong – I can imitate singers. I can do bar mitzvahs and weddings.
I was always obsessed with other performers doing their thing, and Britney ‘Live in Las Vegas’ from 2001 is my absolute favorite tour DVD of all time.
Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears all the rappers, they’re doing my dances and they’re making billions doing my dances. When they do that little thing they do with their hands that’s The Fly and The Pony.
Britney Spears was an incredible dancer. That kid was amazing.
You can’t hate Britney Spears because, you know what, no matter what Britney Spears been doing, she’s still on TV.
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