My mother said I was a little odd as a kid. I was alone a lot, but I didn't feel alone.

I get the greatest feeling when I'm singing. It's other-worldly. Your feet are anchored into the Earth and into this energy force that comes up through your feet and goes up the top of your head and maybe you're holding hands with the angels or the stars, I have no idea.

I never had a rivalry with Madonna. You don't knock another sister, ever. There's room for everybody on this planet; you don't have to be like anyone else.

I can't judge the way other people behave. I can only look at myself.

People can save the world by the way they think and by the way they behave and what they hold to be important.

It's a strange lesson to learn in life that your differences, the things that make you feel uncomfortable about yourself are what will help you to grow into who you are. Those are your gifts.

Sometimes my mind boggles. It's so deep my mind actually boggles