WINFREY: Could you explain to us what it feels like?
Because you seem to be living every young girl's dream.
I mean, you started out, there's "The Mickey Mouse Club."
I'm sure at the time that was the most exciting thing.
Ms. B. SPEARS: Right.
WINFREY: And now you have become this--really,
I used the word with the audience earlier,
a phenomenon, and this is all you've known.
This is all you've really known.
This is what your life has been.
And so what's it like to be you?
Ms. B. SPEARS: What's it like to be me? Oh, my goodness.
It just depends on what I'm doing.
Like right now, I'm, you know, promoting,
and I'll do my thing from 9 to 6;
usually have the weekends off.
WINFREY: Well, is it...
Ms. B. SPEARS: And it's just--I try to make it as normal as possible.
WINFREY: Well, is it as much fun as it seems?
Please tell us it's fun.
Ms. B. SPEARS: No. Oh, my God!
Oh, it's so much fun.
WINFREY: It's fun.
Ms. B. SPEARS: That's what drives me to do what I do,
to be on stage and to--oh, my gosh, yeah.
WINFREY: Do you feel like--I mean,
you've said this in--in one of your songs.
Do you feel like you're between two worlds,
the world of the girl
and m--moving into womanhood and people
still want to--want you to
be that little girl?
Ms. B. SPEARS: I do kind of feel that in a way.
I must say.
Actually, the song was written
for the movie, for Lucy.
WINFREY: Right.
Ms. B. SPEARS: But I can relate to the song
to a certain extent, yeah. I can.
WINFREY: To what extent? Tell me.
Ms. B. SPEARS: Like just me being at that stage in my life
where I'm coming into my own
and knowing exactly what I want
and not having people having
to tell me or do you--you--I mean,
they mean well.
WINFREY: Yeah.
Ms. B. SPEARS: And, you know,
I think there is a factor about me
that people want to protect.
But at the same time, it's about
me wanting to be a woman, you know, so...
WINFREY: And do you find that a lot of
people want you to remain where you were?
Ms. B. SPEARS: I don't know.
I just do what I want to do.
I'm to that conclusion now, you know.
WINFREY: That is a good conclusion to come to at 20.
Ms. B. SPEARS: Yeah. Yeah.