Love the woods and nature and the water and animals. Stop the BS with poaching and hunting. Preservation is critical.

By the second tour I had rice cakes and hummus with me, and I was jumping rope in my room.

I love drag queens... they perform me better than I ever could myself.

I think I was perceived in one fashion. A video is based on a song. I think you can get glimpses of people's presence within that. There's some people you enjoy watching more than others.

So when I'm working out I do things extreme.

And I'm also looking for a comeback record and it has to touch a lot of people.

Did people think I sounded black? Totally, but that was a marketing tool as well, but also this is how I grew up and these are my influences.

I've had enough boyfriends and enough issues. I'd seen enough train wrecks.

Emotional pain makes me want to isolate. Or hit back. It's very tough to rise above my natural inclinations. I'm always working on this.

Forget things and have a quiet moment.

Singing and being truthful to a song... I've developed that skill, and I know how to do that real instinctively, that's all I've been doing for the last 25 years.

It is wise to know God.

Can't anyone ever start a fight without all the posturing and cheesy Bond-villain threats? It's not that hard. Here, let me demonstrate." And he smashed a fist into Colin's nose.

Censorship like charity should begin at home but unlike charity it should end there.

God cannot be grasped by the mind. If he could be grasped, he would not be God.

If you want a blank spot on the map, you gotta leave the map behind.

If Heaven were not clear it might rend. If Earth were not firm it might crumble.

I recommend against a wooden squat rack, for much the same reason that I recommend against a wooden car.

One can enjoy a rainbow without necessarily forgetting the forces that made it.

For me, with me, making a film is always about humanity.

I've just always sung - just always sung. My voice has always been my best friend.