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.

One thing about prejudices -- once you break one of them, you're screwed, because then they all have got to go.

There is only one value to having the look you have when you are young and no value to the look you have when you are older.

I'm scared to death of being poor. It's like a fat girl who loses 500 pounds but is always fat inside. I grew up poor and will always feel poor inside. It's my pet paranoia.

You make good coffee . . . You're a slob, but you make good coffee.

Sometimes I feel like an old hooker.

Singing is like going to a party at someone else's house. Acting is like having the party at your own house.