First thing I do in the morning, after I have my breakfast and do my spiritual work, is put on my makeup and fix my hair, and I can do my makeup in 15 minutes.

People get a kick out of my stupidity.

A lot of my own relatives didn't get to go to school because we were mountain people. You have to get out and work and help feed the family. My own dad couldn't read and write. And my dad was very proud of me.

If I could get their attention long enough, I felt they would see beneath the boobs and find the heart, and that they would see beneath the wig and find the brains. I think one big part of whatever appeal I possess is the fact that I look totally one way and that I am totally another. I look artificial, but I'm not.

If people work for me over the years, I expect them to be paid what they're owed, but I don't expect them to be paid more than they earn.

I don't know what the big deal is about old age. Old people who shine from the inside look 10 to 20 years younger.

I had nothing growing up, but I always wanted to be 'sexy,' even before I knew what the word was.