I tried every diet in the book. I tried some that weren't in the book. I tried eating the book. It tasted better than most of the diets.

I used to always sit in church looking out the windows at the boys, wondering if I could make an excuse to go out and, you know, go to the bathroom because all the outdoor toilets. But anyhow, I was only going out to see the boys.

I'm no natural beauty. If I'm gonna have any looks at all, I'm gonna have to create them.

I wanted to be a singer, of course, but there was something about the songwriting, then and now, that is the most important thing. It's how I express myself, how I express how I see things. When I see people struggling with emotions and feelings and don't know how to put it down, I'm able to do that. It's really like a therapy, and it's like a buddy and a friend. It's a way out of a lot of things.

People just relate to me. They know I'm a regular person brought up in a hardworking, poor family, that I've had all the struggles that people have. I'm just a friendly person. And I hopefully have a good sense of humor. People get a kick out of my stupidity.

People are always asking me in interviews, 'What do you think of foreign affairs?' I just say, 'I've had a few.'

You are the song of every bird, you are the poet's every word, every artist's picture, every writer's play.