I need that on stage. I need a burst of life. That's entertainment for me.

The older you get, the more you realize it's not what happens, but how you deal with it.

You must love and care for yourself, because that's when the best comes out.

I didn't have anybody, really, no foundation in life, so I had to make my own way. Always, from the start. I had to go out in the world and become strong, to discover my mission in life.

I believe that if you'll just stand up and go, life will open up for you.

You asked me if I ever stood up for anything. Yeah, I stood up for my life.

I never said Well, I don't have this and I don't have that. I said, I don't have this yet, but I'm going to get it.

In Tennessee where I grew up, there were animals, farms, wagons, mules.

For me the goddess is the female of God, She is powerful if different.

Whenever I drink champagne I either laugh or cry...I get so emotional! I love champagne.

My legacy is that I stayed on course...from the beginning to the end, because I believed in something inside of me.

Starlets were always turning up dead in people's pools. They fished them out like goldfish. Nobody seemed to find it unusual that so many young, beautiful women wanted to die.

That level of responsibility drastically conflicts with my belief in self-preservation by inactivity.

Goals give purpose. Purpose gives faith. Faith gives courage. Courage gives enthusiasm. Enthusiasm gives energy. Energy gives life. Life lifts you over the bar.

If you knew it all it would not be creation but dictation.

If a movie isn't released, it's one thing, but if you know it will be, it's nice to have closure and see it come out.

I have been cautioned to talk but be careful not to say anything. I do not consider this a difficult task.

Something, like nothing, happens anywhere.

The function of poetry is to point out that the sign is not identical to the referent.

I think ultimately, when you believe somebody is going through a situation and it's either awkward or ridiculous, but you believe it, that can be funny.

When I was just getting started making my own music, my dad said, "You should think about art, but also anti-art and non-art."