I like to keep active. I've got too much energy not to.

There will always be ladies who lunch. Always. And apparently they live a long time.

Fear is the base of what everybody does wrong in their lives.

I find it easier to abstain than do a little bit of anything. I'm not a 'little bit' kind of dame. I want it all, whatever I do.

It gets tiring being a smartass.

I don't think there's any thrill in the world like doing work you're good at.

This is a time in my life where I'm gonna behave like an elegant human being. Or not.

I am not influenced by other human beings. But I am inspired.

if somebody doesn't have any talent, get off the stage! you're wasting my time.

Everybody's got a sack of rocks.

I love holidays in New York. I love 'em. I want to celebrate something all the time and New York has holidays for every day of the week, practically. I like holidays in New York City.

Where there is love, things roll.

In Kenya women are the first victims of environmental degradation, because they are the ones who walk for hours looking for water, who fetch firewood, who provide food for their families.

Nobody is going to pretend that I am younger than I am. Apart from anything else, it is in the papers all the damn time - every time I have a birthday.

That can not possibly be, because it could never possibly be.

I've learned a lot about my voice, and about things I can do with it. Maybe that's why my sound has become a little more pop.

The real 'work' of prayer is to become silent and listen to the voice that says good things about me.

I'm a country boy. I'm from Georgia.

Logic cannot comprehend love; so much the worse for logic.

Don't fall in love with politicians, they're all a disappointment. They can't help it, they just are.

I hope I don't make it sound like it's this big to-do, but even putting on real cufflinks takes work.