Maybe I won't have as much energy. And maybe the highs in my voice won't be what they used to be. But exercise is helping me pace myself.

Singing is my life. And when I can do that, that's when I'm free. That's when I'm at my happiest, I'm at my most.

I'm not going to sing something if it doesn't make sense to me, or if it makes me look like I'm begging someone or I'm weak, because that's not me.

I'm singing, you know, because I'm happy and I'm free.

Some people can sit down and write a song, but they can't go on stage like I can.

Play with me and you play with fire.

I'm going to keep on keeping on as long as I've got my health and strength, and God gives me that will to do it.

God's eye is on a sparrow. And I know - oh, yes, I know he watches over me...

Music is my happiness, my joy, and when my body wasn't right I couldn't get into my music without being healed, without being healthy.

When I'm on tour, I don't see these spots as much as I'd like. I'm just in, I perform, then I'm out. I hope to spend years sightseeing, then more years after that.

I miss my hair, but I feel like going out there with some fake braids wouldn't be right. I want to be the most genuine performer I can be.

What is a community? It is the sum total of our choices.

If you truly love someone, he or she will never able to hurt you.

The whole point of Zen is to suspend the rules we have superimposed on things and to see the world as it is

Your real purpose in life is to develop yourself. To successfully do this you must always be working toward a goal.

People intrinsically know there are secrets being held from us. Look at WikiLeaks: There are secrets that are really true to the world.

We all flow from one fountain.

Concentration is the magic key that opens the door to accomplishment. By concentrating our efforts upon a few major goals, our efficiency soars, our projects are completed we are going somewhere.

For all Nature is as one Great Engine, made by, and held in His Hand.

Yet I would not die a maid, because I had a mother, As I was by one brought forth, I would bring forth another.