At first all I wanted to be was famous; then I realized that fame had nothing to do with talent. I felt that I didn't do anything quite well enough, that I was one of those people who was famous but not very talented. So I said, okay, I'll be the Dinah Shore of the Seventies, on TV all the time but nobody quite knows why.

I have a belief: What belongs to you, comes to you.

Hate crimes are the scariest thing in the world because these people really believe what they're doing is right.

The first concert I attended was an Elvis concert when I was eleven. Even at that age he made me realize the tremendous effect a performer could have on an audience.

I am the girl who everyone said was never going anywhere. I guess I shocked a few people.

Fitness - if it came in a bottle, everybody would have a great body.

If you can't go straight ahead, you go around the corner.