Pink is cool as can be on the cover of Billboard‘s August 2012 issue. Here’s what the 32-year-old singer had to share with the mag:

On inspirations for her songs: “It’s funny. I wrote ‘Family Portrait’ when I was 21 and my parents divorced when I was 9, so I tend to hold onto things. I’m still exorcising some of those demons. And look, I’m in a relationship that I’ve been in for 10 years and it’s never going to be perfect. Carey always jokes, ‘You’re always just mad enough at me to write a song.’ ‘Yep. Thanks, baby, you’re my muse.’”

On her popularity in the UK and not the US: “I was always on the road in the U.K. and Australia, and things were really great over there. Then I got to come home and be left alone. And you know what? It gave me lot of time to create my show and to become a performer. I would go on 22-month tours and work my ass off, and it’s been the biggest blessing of my life that now I am a touring artist. It got me out of the popularity contest that music can be sometimes and gave me time to hone my craft as a stage performer. I’m also grateful, and I got to come back and do the Grammys [in 2010]. That was my ‘A-ha.’”

沪江娱乐快讯：近日，女歌手Pink登陆美国《公告牌》杂志，这位32岁的女歌手身着黑色紧身衣裤，梳起她一贯的帅气短发，脚踩一双细高跟，相当利落干练，又不失女人味。巧妙地构成了字母“I”，创意十足，让人难忘。

在采访过程中，当被问及身为美国歌手的自己“墙内开花墙外香”时（Pink在英联邦国家的流行度高于美国），Pink说道：“我的歌唱事业是在英国、澳大利亚发展起来的，并且发展的很好。所以当我回美国发展时就有些孤军奋战了。不过这反而给了我充足的时间去设计舞台表演，成为一名表演者。我花了22个月的时间进行巡回演出，这让我受益匪浅。