We're all God's children.

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.

My philosophy is simple: It's a down-home, common, horse-sense approach to things.

I've always wanted to be a star. I've always wanted money and wanted to travel. So I knew there was a price to pay for that.

Living in America and, of course, just being women in general, we've got more strength than we think we do.

Having a big gay following, I get hate mail and threats. Some people are blind or ignorant, and you can't be that prejudiced and hateful and go through this world and still be happy.

You don't need to buy expensive cosmetics; almost anything will do if you know how to apply it.