All singers must be crazy. But we're a nice family of crazy people

I know I'm not exactly a bombshell, but one has to make the best of what one's got.

You can listen to what everybody says, but the fact remains that you've got to get out there and do the thing yourself.

If I weren't reasonably placid, I don't think I could cope with this sort of life. To be a diva, you've got to be absolutely like a horse.

The world we are born into-this complicated, difficult, hauntingly touching world-is the one whole thing. It is the world we awaken in, and awaken to.

One is just given a talent, and it's one's duty to make the most of it.

My voice was obviously God given and I have tried to give of myself honestly.

I'm very happy to sing whatever I'm singing. I've always enjoyed any role I've been given at a certain time. They've all been favourites, they've all been wonderful pieces to play.

I don't sing for anybody. I wouldn't sing for the Queen dear.

I wasn't actually trained by my mother, she said she never taught me but she was a great singer herself and I can't remember when I didn't listen to her sing and imitate her.

Suicide is just stoping you and everyone around you from getting better.

There's a huge difference in the attitude of the people of the United States of America toward women in politics. It has taken an enormous turn toward equality.

The present age has seen a great slump in humanist values.

Folk musicians have a lot of the same self-importance, but they're way more cruel and jealous than rock musicians - I know this for a fact because I used to be a folk musician.

We believe that unless we give opportunity to the strong and able, we shall never have the means to provide real protection for the weak and the old.

Romance is important, but to have a friend you can use as a mirror, who can give you an objective response, that's what's really important.

Pity costs nothing, and it ain't worth nothing.

Dialogue means debates and everyone's point of view.

I was inspired to create 'My Life' so I could finally share a personal part of my life beyond my music.

It's just as possible to live to the full in a narrow corner as it is in bigness.