I come from a line of great Sicilian women, and their mentality is to endure and push through to the other side.

My career never went like anyone else’s, so I never followed anyone.

There have been great things that happened to me.

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.

Everyone's gotta have a voice, to be able to speak out. Left supresses right, right supresses left, and what's left and what's right? You know? It's America. You gotta be able to speak out. That's why people came here from all over the world: to have a fair shake. Not more than somebody else - the same.

When I sing I have a lot of visions. Like what's happening now in my life.

You can laugh when I talk, but not when I sing.