Even though I know how very far apart we are, it helps to think we might be wishing underneath the same bright star.

the relentless touring and endless repetition of the same songs over and over again promoted a creeping awareness that my music had begun to sound like my washing machine.

The government has to spend money during a recession, because their spending is our earning.

You and I, travel to the beat of a different drum, can't you tell by the way I run, every time you make eyes at me.

I just thought that I was going to get to sing for a living and I wouldn't have to go to work in the department store or whatever else you did if you were a woman in those days.

The constant fear of a performer is to become what is reflected back at you.

A lot of singers that I've heard that I may not like their sensibility, but I see that they're entitled to whatever they get. People don't get there without talent, they really don't.