They always ask me the same questions. Where was I born? When did I start singing? Who have I worked with? I don't understand why they can't just talk to me without all that question bit.

There's a category for me. I like to be referred to as a good singer of good songs in good taste.

There are notes between notes, you know.

I am not a special person. I am a regular person who does special things.

My dream is to do whatever I want without any interference from the record company.

Judy Garland was the singer I most wanted to sound like then, not to copy, but to get some of her soul and purity. A wonderful young voice.

What was the competition? Well, I remember this Puerto Rican who came out in a short skirt and a gun.

I'm not heart-broken if I don't have a hit. But I guess a hit would help. It makes the money go up a bit.

I don't feel like a big star.

Don’t judge a tree by its size, but by its fruit.

Batman doesn't have any superpowers. He's not superhuman. He's not super. So therefore he can't be a superhero.

If you want to avoid Alzheimer's disease, sleep 8 hours a night.

A new report shows that, in Virginia, gun violence has fallen as the sale of firearms has soared to a new record. In other news, a recent study shows that most criminals don't like getting shot at.

This Fourth of July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn.

The genuine music lover may accept the carnal husk of opera to get at the kernel of actual music within, but that is no sign that he approves the carnal husk or enjoys gnawing through it.

Freedom and liberty always mean freedom from police interference.

I believed that our own public would keep this in mind even in this serious crisis, and stand firm if only we at the front continued to stand firm too.

I don't feel intimidated by any of the people I'm talking to or the situations I find myself in. I just try to make my nana proud.

I don't want to be in Mötley Crüe or something.