The payoffs in showbiz seemed as random as a slot machine.

I sang with Anita Bryant in the Southern Baptist churches.

I hate politics, hate deals, and deal-making, hate meeting with attorneys and agents.

There was no way we'd ever get spoiled. Daddy made sure to instill in us a work ethic.

I change my hairstyle every day for the show, I'm fastidious and vain about my nails and teeth and grooming and makeup, but a perfect body, forget it. Dust to dust, wuggies to wuggies.

We heard stories about fakery and decoys at revivals. I never personally saw any trickery.

Sexual harassment is complex, subtle, and highly subjective.

I was told all my life I was part Cherokee. Then it was Crow. The latest is Blackfoot.

What most people perceive as energy is really strength of spirit. It comes from the joy of knowing God, loving Him, and being loved by Him.

A fear of the unknown keeps a lot of people from leaving bad situations.

God didn't bless me with success so I could eat caviar every day.

In the beginning was love, and love was with God, and love was God.

Die, die we all pass away, But don't wear a frown coz it's really okay, And you might try to hide, And you might try to pray, But we all end up remains of the day.

The soul-sacred strength is calmness and confidence.

I don't need to see the trail to know you're at the end of it. My grandfather's compass may not work, but mine is still true.

We live on the leash of our senses. There is no way in which to understand the world without first detecting it through the radar-net of our senses.

Following dharma puts you in a proper field of attention. In a proper field of attention, regardless of what your outer circumstances are, happiness will flow.

It sometimes seems as if curbing entropy is our quixotic purpose in this universe.

Instead of imposing something, let it make itself.

Nursing her wrath to keep it warm.--Robert Burns

Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.