My voice was obviously God given and I have tried to give of myself honestly.

I know I'm not exactly a bombshell, but one has to make the best of what one's got.

You can listen to what everybody says, but the fact remains that you've got to get out there and do the thing yourself.

All singers must be crazy. But we're a nice family of crazy people

If I weren't reasonably placid, I don't think I could cope with this sort of life. To be a diva, you've got to be absolutely like a horse.

The world we are born into-this complicated, difficult, hauntingly touching world-is the one whole thing. It is the world we awaken in, and awaken to.

One is just given a talent, and it's one's duty to make the most of it.

I'm very happy to sing whatever I'm singing. I've always enjoyed any role I've been given at a certain time. They've all been favourites, they've all been wonderful pieces to play.

I don't sing for anybody. I wouldn't sing for the Queen dear.

I wasn't actually trained by my mother, she said she never taught me but she was a great singer herself and I can't remember when I didn't listen to her sing and imitate her.

Don’t hope you will receive help from the words of life because they all bring you to death.

I stopped and I thought, 'What would Jesus do?' So I didn't exist.

I'm a family guy. A lot of my songs are inspired by my kids. Simple relationships. Watching them grow up, watching them share experiences with me and vice versa.

Our years Glide silently away. No tears, No loving orisons repair The wrinkled cheek, the whitening hair That drop forgotten to the tomb.

My films start with images, a few images and a few feelings, and I try to edit them together to see the correspondence between these images and these feelings.

Give more as you make more. Remember: God prospers us not to raise our standard of living, but to raise our standard of giving.

You can take art, you can have a baby, you can have a career.

A lot of times when I buy a lot of toys, I get a little jealous and keep one or two for myself. So I've got a couple of drones. I've got a couple of remote-control cars. I like to have fun

Everything is perfect, but there is a lot of room for improvement.

Provocation polio. That is the truth about those outbreaks of polio. And I offer a well considered personal opinion that polio is a man made disease.