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Traveling Did A Great Deal To Me. I Found That When I Travel And Just Sit In The Corner And Watch, A Million Ideas Come To Me.

Soul Is A Feeling, Not A Color.

Forget About Surviving 40 Years In The Music Business. Just Surviving 27 Years Of Nicole Richie Has Been A Struggle-and-a-half, I Want To Tell You. I Stand Here As A Survivor, I Want You To Know, For All The Parents Out There.

Believe Me, I Love Commerce As Much As The Rest Of The Readers Of 'businessweek.' But In Art, You Have To Be True To Yourself And Your Musical Vision. People Have Known Me Well For A Long Time, So If I Was Chasing A Trend And Doing Something That Wasn't Authentic To Who I Am, They Would Know It In Just A Few Seconds.

I Find The Greatest Songs In The World Come Out Of Pain, And I Don't Like It! Here's What It Does: It Strips Away All Of Your Facade. It Makes You So Honest. It's Cleansing.