I sing what I sing true. Each night I sing it the way I feel that night.

Don't go backwards - you've already been there.

Music to me is like breathing. I don't get tired of breathing, I don't get tired of music.

Just because you can't see anything , doesn't mean you should shut your eyes.

What is a soul? It's like electricity - we don't really know what it is, but it's a force that can light a room.

Love is a special word, and I use it only when I mean it. You say the word too much and it becomes cheap.

Affluence separates people. Poverty knits 'em together. You got some sugar and I don't; I borrow some of yours. Next month you might not have any flour; well, I'll give you some of mine.

Learning to read music in Braille and play by ear helped me develop a damn good memory.

There are many spokes on the wheel of life. First, we're here to explore new possibilities.

Live each day like it's your last, 'cause one day you gonna be right

There's nothing written in the Bible, Old or New testament, that says, 'If you believe in Me, you ain't going to have no troubles.'

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.

The diversity in the human family should be the cause of love and harmony, as it is in music where many different notes blend together in the making of a perfect chord.

You regard it as impossible that a sinner should be struck down by the wrath of God! I do not!

To be at ease is better than to be at business.

Politics has high and low moments. Sometimes it brings out the better angels of our nature; sometimes baser instincts.

I feel like I've been able to be my true self and discover what I can honestly bring to the table by working with other women.

The main thing in one's own private world is to try to laugh as much as you cry.

Most of us, when asked to gauge the richness of our lives, think immediately of people. Those who have cried with us, laughed with us, and shaped who we are.

Chaos is roving through the system and able to undo, at any point, the best laid plans.

One of the tremendous evils of the world, is the monstrous accumulation of power in a few hands.