I never have changed in my taste, and the things that I love, and the way that I act, and all that. I never wanted to change, I just wanted to be successful, and be able to do more things for more people, and for myself as well.

Every day I pray about all I do.

I don't have to keep a diary. It seems like for the last 40 years my life has been lived in the press, so I can Google any date in my history and find out what I was doing.

I think that I know the value of a dollar.

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

I was very honored to get to be part of 'American Idol.'

I'm the kind of person who would rather rock in my rocking chair when I'm old and regret a few things that I did than to sit there and regret that I never tried.