I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.

How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard us from discrimination.

My biggest nightmare is I'm driving home and get sick and go to hospital. I say: 'Please help me.' And the people say: 'Hey, you look like...' And I'm dying while they're wondering whether I'm Barbra Streisand.

I was a personality before I became a person.

I think when I was younger, I wanted to be a star, until I became a star, and then it's a lot of work. It's work to be a star. I don't enjoy the stardom part. I only enjoy the creative process.

I don't read music. Not even essentially. Not even nonessentially.

The audience is the best judge of anything. They cannot be lied to. Truth brings them closer. A moment that lags - they're gonna cough.