When I started singing, I weighed 153 pounds. I weigh 184 now. I haven't gotten any taller, but I'm putting on a little more weight.

If you cry when you're in love, it sure ain't no disgrace.

Ma'am, I'm not tryin' to be sexy. Ah didn't have any clear idea of trying to sell sex. It's just my way of expressin' how I feel when I move around. It's all leg movement. I don't do nothin' with my body.

Rhythm is something you either have or don't have, but when you have it, you have it all over.

We're trapped in a world that's troubled with pain. As long as a man has the strength to dream, he can redeem his soul and fly.

I'd just like to be treated like a regular customer.

[It's] funny how things have a way of looking so much brighter in the daytime.