The music business can be very cold. And it doesn't honor its elders.

Brother, if you want to get the lowdown, Come along and let's all have a hoedown.

John Lennon was very irreverent and very intelligent.

I still sing because I love the sound of applause, because it's who I am, and because I still can.

The amazing thing is that I'm sane. I'm not bitter. I'm not drugged out. I'm not broke. I'm still married to the same guy. My children don't hate me.

I only wish Chet Atkins could be here for this joyous occasion.

I've spent an awful lot of my time in the air. I've had everything happen to me in a plane that could happen. Except a crash.

I was nuts about Elvis, like every girl in America.

I gave up my childhood for a career.

I believe I became one of the first singers to be launched via television exposure. I guess I was a new kind of musical stylist for a new kind of media.

I'm not used to introspection. I've never lingered on my feelings. The show must go on.

To some people independent though is heresy and critical thought blasphemy

There are those who follow maps, and those who make them.

You usually can't tell what's inspiring until you look back on it.

Engineering is a predictive science, not a manipulative art.

I don't pay much attention to sports.

I got to L.A. in 2000, when we were coming off the '90s: women looked like men and the men all looked like women.

Flight is intolerable contradiction.

I'm very careful about how I portray violence in my films. I do believe that violence, especially violent video games, are not a good thing for young kids.

People love that monkey torture.