If I Hadn't Gone Through Some Of

My Daughter Introduced Me To Myself.

When You're A Pop Star, It's A Little Conservative; You Always Have To Stay In A Box. You Have Fans That Are Five And Fans That Are 65; There Are So Many People Wanting So Many Things.

I Felt Very Maternal Around Eight Months. And I Thought I Couldn't Become Any More Until I Saw The Baby... But It Happened During My Labor Because I Had A Very Strong Connection With My Child. I Felt Like When I Was Having Contractions, I Envisioned My Child Pushing Through A Very Heavy Door. And I Imagined This Tiny Infant Doing All The Work, So I Couldn't Think About My Own Pain... We Were Talking. I Know It Sounds Crazy, But I Felt A Communication.

I Would Want Them To Really Think About How Amazing They Are And How Lucky They Are To Be A Woman. And How Powerful They Are. And I'd Tell Them To Love Every Day Of It Because It's The Biggest Miracle And A Woman That's Able To Give Birth Is The Most Important, Lucky, Fortunate Woman In The World.

We Are All The Same And We All Want The Same Things: The Right To Be Happy, To Be Just Who We Want To Be And To Love Who We Want To Love.