I can remember in the early 60s that there were a couple of really dynamic women performers at the time - Brenda Lee, there was Connie Francis.

Sunshine, lollipops and rainbows, everything that's wonderful, Is sure to come your way

I just kind of lived my life naturally and did what I wanted to do.

Really you just gotta keep chugging along and keep a positive attitude and get through all the problems. You gotta face them, otherwise you don't get through.

You can only bite off so much, so you gotta know what you want to do.

Don't tell me what to do, don't tell me what to say. And please, when I go out with you, don't put me on display.

It's my party and I'll cry if I want to.

And I thought, you know, a little gender confusion makes a better person. A little adversity in life at an early age. It's character building.

One night I saw them kissing at a party, so I kissed some other guy. Johnny jumped up and hit him, cause he still loved me, that's why.

And that's what got me to the piano, that's what got me up in the morning: a blank piece of paper and a hope to have something by the end of the day.

I think the record industry, by and large what's left of it, is still totally homophobic. I think it's much less so in the film industry now, but the record industry, it's always been a man's world.

Hate is a powerful emotion. It can take over a sane man's mind and cloud it with insanity.

The writer has to die to give birth to the intellectual in the service of the wretched of the earth.

The most we can hope for is strong marriages. Married women vote Republican; single women vote Democratic.

It's looks like someone slapped you in the face with a fruit roll-up or something!

Don't lie to the girl of your life for the hoe of the night

I'm a tek addict myself. No matter where you are, people are looking for something to tear them away from reality, challenge their state of mind.

You can be strong and true to yourself without being rude or loud.

We need to teach how doubt is not to be feared but welcomed. It's OK to say, "I don't know."

I want to do whatever I can to survive.

Hard work - I mean, does anybody use that term anymore? Laziness doesn't fly. It's all in the practice. It does take work and it ain't easy - but man, the rewards!