It's strange that the newspapers don't see a connection between their false revelations about my private life and my need for seclusion and security.

My path has not been determined. I shall have more experiences and pass many more milestones.

There was a time when the music fell silent. Both within me and around me.

There is a danger of changing too much in the search for perfection.

I'm a country bumpkin. I'm not a showgirl.

I can spot empty flattery and know exactly where I stand. In the end it's really only my own approval or disapproval that means anything.

The press has always written that I am a recluse and a mysterious woman, but I am more down-to-earth than they think.

I have one pug and one Czechoslovakian dog called Prazsky krysarik.

I just want to live in peace and quiet.

When I record, it feels like I'm in a bubble. There's nothing else in my head right then. It's just that song, and I'm trying to really sound like what the song is about.

No one who has experienced facing a screaming, boiling, hysterical audience can avoid feeling shivers in the spine. It's a thin line between celebration and menace.

I stumble and fall.I weep and struggle to rise.My mom feels it all.

Never live your life on the edge when you have loved ones who love you and who are depending on you.

I just sing the stuff that makes me smile, makes me feel like I didn't sell myself out.

Only six men in the world know about relativity. I am not one of them. When I ask them to explain, they confused me.

I can only get my drummer in the winter; he plays with Grand Funk all summer.

I am very happy to be here in the NBA.

Spare time is like spare change. It's hard to quantify, the definition of that phrase. What do I do when I'm not onstage singing, or sleeping, with or without someone else? I watch movies.

A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener. So our prospects brighten . . .

Let the natural flow of the universe, course through your being, and harmonize your soul.

I was interested in maintaining the dignity and the hearts of the songs, letting them breathe and become what they are.