I may look fake but I'm real where it counts.

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

I write a little something every day, even though I don't write a song [every day]. Everything inspires me. I'll come up with a line, or somebody will say something that will trigger something.

I have a good attitude. And I was born with a happy heart. I'm always looking for things to be better.

I think my life actually changed at 40. That's when you realize you can't ride the fence anymore. You either have to get on one side or the other. I think some of my best years were between 40 and 50: I got my priorities straight and life is good to me now. It's only other people who say, "God, she's 50 years old!" as if I'm over the hill. I feel like I just started.

I'm working on my life story. I'm not decided if it's going to be a musical or a movie with music in it.

There's nothing like white trash at the White House.