I want to do a musical movie. Like Evita, but with good music.

Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours.

I have a much better relationship with the press than I did, I think because I stood my ground.

Poor cow, you'll get your dumb man. You'll see your whole life coming at you in the back of his hand.

I've been going to Russia since 1979. I've been going quite frequently, and I've always had a wonderful rapport with the Russian audiences and with the Russian people.

Holy Moses, let us live in peace. Let us strive to find a way to make all hatred cease. There's a man over there, what's his colour I don't care, he's my brother, let us live in peace.

I think Jesus was a compassionate, super-intelligent gay man who understood human problems. On the cross, he forgave the people who crucified him. Jesus wanted us to be loving and forgiving. I don't know what makes people so cruel. Try being a gay woman in the Middle East -- you're as good as dead.