My honeymoon night was spent on the floor in the bathroom with my mother.

We had the skirts with the slits up the side, sort of tough, sort of Spanish Harlem cool, but sweet too.

So don't get me wrong, I love my songs, and I still love hearing them. That's history, baby.

I think Behind the Music is good for people like Leif Garrett and Motley Crue.

But, you know, the Stones were my opening act in the Sixties. I loved those British guys, the way they just stood there and shook their hair.

It doesn't pay to try, all the smart girls know why.

Stage performing is a dying art form.

I mean, Janet Jackson? She's like Michael Jackson with hair.

I used to cry myself to sleep every night. I missed singing so much. And performing. Man, I missed it so much.

When I do a concert and people put their hands in the air, they're doing it on their own.

I just want to get on stage and sing and be happy.

One eye sees, the other feels.

What would life be without challenges?

Growing up in New York City, I was always encouraged to question authority, and I think I confused patriotism with jingoism.

Put your faith in God and confidence in yourself.

The right to justice is something that no one can bestow, nor take away, for it is in one's heart.

Popular atheism is not a philosophy but a therapy.

God's unspotted faithfulness never failed any soul that durst trust himself in its arms.

How about a kiss, Saumensch?

If I've grown as an artist, it will be represented in the art. There's no need to explain it.

Blessed are those who know what on earth they are here on earth to do and set themselves about the business of doing it.