I smoked some pot as a kid, but I just never did drugs.

- Taylor Dayne

Well, honey, I had the million dollar houses, I had the car, I had the horse, I had the barn; I had everything. Was I set free? I didn't even know what that meant.

- Taylor Dayne

That's really my goal now. I'm trying to be a positive role model to my kids and to just enjoy this ride, because it's hard. It's hard to enjoy it when you're in it.

- Taylor Dayne

My current mantra is that sometimes we need teachers in our lives. I never had that in my life, parents and stuff like that; I tried to stay on the outside of them or anybody that had that kind of influence.

- Taylor Dayne

If we were truly in the studio making a record, it would have been more time consuming, and certainly I would have been more involved in the writing process.

- Taylor Dayne

When I first came out, like a lot of the artists at that time, I had a very polished, very overproduced sound.

- Taylor Dayne

This is one hell of a business I picked to be in.

- Taylor Dayne

Plus, I am paranoid by nature. I need to be in control.

- Taylor Dayne

My first tour I was on the road for 18 months. You're just out there promoting.

- Taylor Dayne

If anything changes shape or takes off without me, I'll come after you and kill you. I'm too type A.

- Taylor Dayne

I'm not looking to go out there and make a rhythmic Timbaland track.

- Taylor Dayne

I started working out with a trainer and I immediately saw results.

- Taylor Dayne

My tastes and inspirational artists were always rather eclectic and diverse.

- Taylor Dayne

I just try to get out of my own way because if anyone is their own worst enemy, it's usually you.

- Taylor Dayne

I have to be very careful about diet and exercise.

- Taylor Dayne

I came out the box and for seven years I had a huge career. And then it's done, it's dumped. But I ain't gone, and I refuse to be gone.

- Taylor Dayne

But once you strip that down, you realize it's all about a voice, like a Norah Jones - that's inspiring to me.

- Taylor Dayne

So when I'm working out I do things extreme.

- Taylor Dayne

I've had enough boyfriends and enough issues. I'd seen enough train wrecks.

- Taylor Dayne

By the second tour I had rice cakes and hummus with me, and I was jumping rope in my room.

- Taylor Dayne