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

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.

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.

Literature is news that stays news.

Whoever desires to be free, shall search for the Truth.

As long as there is still one beggar around, there will still be myth.

I design for the working girl.

Bad men are full of repentance.

When I go away from you The world beats dead Like a slackened drum.

I have always believed in the magic of childhood and think that if you get your life right that magic should never end.

As an American citizen, I'm not asking for any special treatment - the only thing I ask and want is to be treated just like an Illegal Alien.

What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.

The District of Columbia is one gigantic ear.