Most women are dissatisfied with their appearance - it's the stuff that fuels the beauty and fashion industries.

If people like your music, you can't guarantee they're going to love you.

I wasn't trying to be a role model for anybody. I don't think that you can.

I have a calling in my soul, if you like, to try to make my life in some way worthwhile. What is the value of my existence?

You can live with almost any condition if you're living within a community of people who can share a common understanding.

I've never been a social person. When I grew up, the other girls would all be combing their hair and exchanging lipstick, and I just couldn't do that group thing.

When you're that successful, things have a momentum, and at a certain point you can't really tell whether you have created the momentum or it's creating you.