People think the blues is sad. They hear people moaning and such. That's not the blues. That's just somebody singing slow...The blues is about truth-telling.

I'm having a good time, Please don't blame me, I'm knocking myself out Don't try to tame me Let me have my fun, I've got to have my fling, Some folks say I'm blowing my top Talk don't mean a thing.

The musicians that didn't know music could play the best blues. I know that I don't want no musicians who know all about music playin' for me.

I'm just singing for the women who think they can't speak out. Can't a man alive mistreat me, 'cause I know who I am.

Maybe if I knew music, I couldn't do what I am doing.

Blues means what milk does to a baby. Blues is what the spirit is to the minister. We sing the blues because our hearts have been hurt, our souls have been disturbed.

I’ve been more places by accident than most people have been on purpose.

Put your faith in God and confidence in yourself.

It's easy to offer advice on trials that have caused you to stumble. It's harder to talk about those that have knocked you flat.

Write what you love. Passion is the key to a good story.

I love just going into stores and testing fragrances. The smell of a fragrance is kind of like hearing a song, it makes you feel something that's really unique to you and can be quite exciting.

Service is no Inheritance.

Every letter was a love letter.

Scars remind us where we've been - they don't have to dictate where we are going.

I tend to think of all new voices as a potential for failure, and all the people I've worked with before as the greatest potential for success.

I get pretty attached to the majority of the characters I play. I can't help myself.

Only the nose knows Where the nose goes When the door close.

You talking to me? You talking to me? Then who the hell else are you talking to - you talking to me? Well, I'm the only one here.