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

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.

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.

We chose it's name [Give the People What They Want] a while ago, long before the cancer. But I can't think of a more fitting title.

Before you go to bed think about what you left behind in the wake of the day…

Good decision making is the result of years of experience making and learning from one's choices - good and bad.

Giving back, doing motivational speeches and stuff like that, that's always made me feel good. If you repeatedly go out there, and you are the change that you want to see, then that's what you are.

A strong pursuit, give no time for the enemy to think, take advantage of victory, uproot him, cut off his escape route.

I don't feel like I have to be the nice girl.

Women are half the population and they know how to take care of themselves, if they are only given access to health care.

We can win the struggle to avoid responsibility for our personal lives, but if we do, what we lose is our lives.

Poetry is a deliberate attempt to make language suggestive and imprecise.

This is not a great phone. It's an interesting design.

Just because you’re on their side doesn’t mean they’re on your side.