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

You always have to remember - no matter what you're told - that God loves all the flowers, even the wild ones that grow on the side of the highway.

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

I've got a Grammy and Emmy, I'd like to have a Tony.

I knew Queen Elizabeth didn't do any laundry! I knew I wasn't going to be doing laundry. I was going to be singing.

I always sang. I wanted to be in a band with my sister, and I was, at 11. At 12, I started writing seriously, and that was my pacifier all through high school - that and painting.

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