Pink talked about Britney on the latest issue of Women's Health
"“I’m not taking anything away from Britney because I really like her a lot, but I would never go to a show where the person was lip-synching. When you grow up listening to Janis Joplin, you’re not going to want to see somebody mime. I’ve always said I like Britney. I swear to God, I’ve stuck up for Britney since the beginning. She and I have talked about it. My point was, ‘Stop comparing me to her, because we’re different animals.’”
On taking a break performing on the trapeze during her shows: “It took everything in me to get through those [U.S.] shows. I was in so much pain that there was just no way. It was the first time I ever took a pain pill onstage. I don’t even take Tylenol; I’m scared to mix two Advil. For Philly [she grew up in nearby Doylestown, Pennsylvania], I wanted to do the trapeze routine so badly, but I just couldn’t. I know my body. The last thing I want is for two, five, 10 years from now, not to be able to pick up my child because I was stubborn. I did it on television. I proved to myself that I could do it in the first place. And the show looks beautiful without it.”
On not smoking at home and around Willow: “
Smoking isn’t cute at all. [I started when I] was 9. It’s awful. I hate the smell, the taste. I hate being around people when I smoke. I hate everything about it. I’m an asthmatic singing smoker! But for some reason, I look at it as the last remaining bit of me before all of this [fame and success]. I’ve definitely cut way back. At night, when I’m out drinking my wine, I’ll have cigarettes rationed to me. But I don’t smoke at home.”
On her relationship with Carey: “Long-term relationships are a layered onion. There’s something about him I love, and I want him to be OK, even if he’s not with me. When I met Carey, I was an abused puppy in the corner, ready to bite anyone who put their hand out. And there’s a part of me who will always be kind of like that. But he was the first man I was with who allowed me to take a deep breath [she exhales] and close my eyes and fall backward. And most of the time, he was there. That’s more than I can say about others. So when I say he took my heart and made it bigger, my heart was like this clenched fist. And even after he broke my heart, still, I had two bigger halves. I have more capacity to love and to be loved.”
On how she stays in shape while on the road: “Ever hear of [the workout videos] P90X? My brother and his wife are both in the Air Force; they do marathons and triathlons. I went to visit and [she was doing P90X]. I couldn’t keep up with her–and she’d just had her first baby four weeks before. I was like, This is ********! I will perfect this thing! So usually, I wake up and do an hour of cardio, then an hour of P90X or yoga, then a half-hour of warm-up [during show rehearsal]. I do that six days a week.”
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LA told me, "You'll be a pop star,
All you have to change is everything you are."
Tired of being compared to damn Britney Spears
She's so pretty, that just ain't me