Some friends, you only see them when the sun shines.. My fans sustained me even in dark days. I owe them everything.

My father was a management genius. But what I really wanted was a dad.

GRINNING, DUCKING MY HEAD FOR BALANCE, I START TO SPIN WILDLY AS I CAN. THAT IS MY FAVORITE DANCE, BECAUSE IT CONTAINS A SECRET. THE FASTER I TWIRL, THE MORE I AM STILL INSIDE. MY DANCE IS ALL MOTION WITHOUT, ALL SILENCE WITHIN. AS MUCH AS I LOVE TO MAKE MUSIC, IT'S THE UNHEARD MUSIC THAT NEVER DIES. AND SILENCE IS MY REAL DANCE, THOUGH IT NEVER MOVES. IT STANDS ASIDE, MY CHOREOGRAPHER OF GRACE, AND BLESSES EACH FINGER AND TOE.

You know I'm bad, I'm bad. You know it.

I believe in God.....I gain strength from God. I believe in Jehovah, God, very much.....I believe in God and love God.

What I enjoy most about performing is making people happy. Just to make a person smile means more to me than anything.

If - and it can be in a movie or in a department store - I hear someone arguing with their child, I break down and cry. Because it reflects how I was treated when I was little.