I'm the lady next door when I'm not on stage.

We all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It's our basic human right.

Be your own artist, and always be confident in what youre doing. If youre not going to be confident, you might as well not be doing it.

Soul is a constant. It's cultural. It's always going to be there, in different flavors and degrees.

I'm a big woman. I need big hair.

If you disrespect everybody that you run into, how in the world do you think everybody's supposed to respect you?

People really don't have to give you anything, so appreciate what people give you. And just don't let that go to your head, whatever it is they give you.

Don't say Aretha is making a comeback, because I've never been away!

Falling out of love is like losing weight. It's a lot easier putting it on than taking it off.

R-E-S-P-E-C-T, find out what it means to me.

My faith always has been and always will be important to me.

I find myself smiling, finally. I guess I do remember how to do it. You just turn the corners of your mouth up.

Friends don't get jealous of each other or begrudge the other for finding success. They celebrate every victory together.

I love my life not because it is full of perfect experiences, but because I solely owe myself unconditional self-love in abundance. So what would be your excuse not to love your life unconditionally?

I play every game like it's my last game. All that matters is that you go out there and play every game as if it was your last.

It may be meaningless, but at least it's a gesture.

Is Billy Idol just doing a bad Elvis pout, or was he born that way?

I think you can do anything with comics that you could do in just about any art form.

To put more faith in lies and hate than truth and love, is the true atheism.

If I eat junk food and have a workout the next day, I feel a significant difference in the way my body responds to exercise. Im sluggish, tired and run out of energy very quickly.

You have to trust the journey. That has become my motto for years: trust the journey. Because in the end, we're all kind of fearful. We all have fears and insecurities and ups and downs.