Don't try to change or tear your brother down, let him make his mistakes and he will come around.

God had to create disco music so I could be born and be successful.

I don't care if I'm beautiful; I don't care what I am on the outside. It isn't about the outside.

Nobody wants you to stop, obviously because you're a moneymaking machine. But you have to make the decision and you have to move forward. So I took time off to have babies and do all that.

Heaven knows, it's not the way it could be.

I need you by me, beside me, to guide me, to hold me, to scold me, cause when I'm bad, I'm so, so bad.

Let's say that, in reality, I'm basically very shy when it comes to men.

I am sensual and very physical. I'm very erotic. But my sexuality exists on a sort of a fantasy level.

If you've never been to one of my concerts. I want you to know that it is OK to scream and yell.

My life was changed in one breath from God.

She works hard for the money so you better treat her right.

There is a dialectic between common humanity and particular ways of being human.

Knowledge is the life of the mind.

My parents didn't play golf.

I like the idea of a proportional tax. That way you pay according to your ability.

People only say I’m angry because I’m black and I’m a woman.

Mrs Thatcher requires devotion as well as obedience.

I had headaches for over 30 years until I tried chiropractic. They have completely disappeared.

You want to be in the driver’s seat of your own life because if you are not, life will drive you.

It’s not about what you wear, but about how you live your life

I can't believe I am hosting the Oscars. It's an honor everyone else said no.