The press frequently sneers at the hype devoted to a superstar, but the press itself is responsible for all the hype.
Just sing it. Don't prove you can sing it. I know you can, you know you can. So just do it, because if you try to prove it, you'll lose.
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
There is a growing strength in women, but it is in the forehead, not in the forearm.
I can't be happy every day but I can be cheerful.
My voice had a long, nonstop career. It deserves to be put to bed with quiet and dignity, not yanked out every once in a while to see if it can still do what it used to do. It can't.