When I was almost 13 I was ripe for religion. I was actually just plain ripe.

What most people perceive as energy is really strength of spirit. It comes from the joy of knowing God, loving Him, and being loved by Him.

when you fall in love, you must fall in love with a man the way he is now, because marriage won't change anything, except maybe your tax deduction.

I did feel from day one that I was a born performer.

People were referring to me as the new Anita Bryant. Anita would get a little jealous.

Other kids did drugs; I did crafts. I never knew where I fit in.

I have empathy for the person who is being interviewed and written about with all kinds of misperceptions and misconceptions and flat-out lies. So I feel for them, I feel their pain. I know what that is like.