In the '50s, a lot of girls never saw beyond the wedding day.

Most of the people I know in show business don't need anybody pushing them at all. They're extremely aggressive.

I am woman, hear me roar, in numbers too big to ignore, and I know too much to go back and pretend.

My audience is the baby-boomers, the bulk of the population. This is also a group that is being ignored by most record companies because they're not the Top 40 hit singles market. They forget these people still listen to music.

Women temper men. We have a good influence on them.

I was very strongly influenced by women's magazines and I really believed tha a woman could not be married and raise a family and have a successful career all at the same time.

[On God:] She makes everything possible.