We're all just a bunch of sinners, but we do the best we can.

I try to see the good in everybody, and I don't care who people are as long as they're themselves, whatever that is.

If I hadn't been a woman, I'd have been a drag queen

Believe it or not, I was just given an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Tennessee.

If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then, you are an excellent leader.

I make jokes about it, but it's the truth that I kind of patterned my look after the town tramp. I didn't know what she was, just this woman who was blond and piled her hair up, wore high heels and tight skirts, and, boy, she was the prettiest thing I'd ever seen. Momma used to say, "Aw, she's just trash," and I thought, That's what I want to be when I grow up. Trash.

God tells us not to judge one another, no matter what anyone's sexual preferences are or if they're black, brown or purple.