I am the first instrument. I am the voice. I do not imitate other instruments. Other instruments imitate me.

But I've been there and done that. I'm not trying to prove anything to anybody, and if somebody wants me to come, if they can afford what I ask, it's not as much as Madonna makes; not that I want what Madonna makes, but I was saying.

The best thing you can do is to be a woman and stand before the world and speak your heart.

I was looking for the people who were making the music inside the cabinet. I would look in there and see if I could find somebody who was making all this wonderful music.

I think that's what really a substantial work is, it's forever. It's the truth now and it was the truth then, and it will be the truth tomorrow.

You can never loose a thing If it belongs to you.

Sing a song correctly and you live forever.