Really, I don't know what I'd do with myself if I retire. Wash dishes?

The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.

There's more women stars in Nashville all the time. They're proving they can do the job the same as a man.

I'd love to travel to the Holy Land.

I didn't know how babies were made until I was pregnant with my fourth child.

I believe in horoscopes. I was born under the sign of the Ram, which means I'm headstrong, don't like people telling me what to do.

In the long run, you make your own luck - good, bad, or indifferent.

Nobody's perfect. The only one that ever was, was crucified.

When something is bothering me, I write a song that tells my feelings.

I ain't got much education, but I got some sense.

You either have to be first, best, or different.

Creativity is one of the highest transmissions of love.

Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.

Many people do not fall in love

Everyone wants a better life: very few of us want to be better people.

I came to New York with $500 and I had to live on that, but thankfully I was taken up by photographers quickly.

There's more people that like me than there are who hate me, so I kind of brush it off.

I have no romantic feelings about age. Either you are interesting at any age or you are not. There is nothing particularly interesting about being old - or being young, for that matter.

Our avian brothers are back to roost on the first leg of their annual sojourn south. Why them and not us? Maybe it's because we humans are meant to be rooted in one spot.

Having asked God for forgiveness, accept release, then truly forgive yourself and turn your back definitely on the matter.

There is much institutionalized racism in The Netherlands and the non-White population is just now beginning to fight for their rights.