Being a strong woman is very important to me. But doing it all on my own is not.

To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone.

For me, singing sad songs often has a way of healing a situation. It gets the hurt out in the open into the light, out of the darkness.

Be different, stand out, and work your butt off.

Again its time to pray for peace.

If you want to succeed in life...you must pick 3 bones to carry with you at all times: a wish bone, a backbone, and a funny bone.

It's very important to surround yourself with people you can learn from.

Finding a good bus driver can be as important as finding a good musician.

It's funny how many people will come to Vegas to see your show where they might not come out to see you unless you come to their hometown.

Life's supposed to be about making the path a little gentler for those traveling behind you.

Make sure you're always giving, way more than you're taking

To say you have no choice is to relieve yourself of responsibility.

The problem is the following, black music is increasing encumbered by white elements, often pleasant but always superfluous, easily and advantageously replaced with black elements.

I'm sure that people must say about me, on the screen, 'Good gracious, is Jeanette MacDonald going to take off her clothes - again?

We must learn not to weep and to love what we have left.

I eat innocent meat, the house wife I will beat, the prolife I will kill. What you won't do, I will.

You can't avoid mistakes and bad luck.

America has faced much more difficult times, including potential national extinction, without flinching.

The Rosary is my favorite prayer. A prayer so simple and so rich; from deepest heart, I exhort all to recite it.

You'll never know what you're capable of if you don't try.

You know, I've always been really interested in this stuff, and I'm going to read this.