I prefer just being with people I like. That's my way of celebrating.

I love animals because all they really want from you is love. Too bad that's even too much to ask for from some people.

My mother is fine. For me it perfection.

That’s why I hate to take credit for the songs I’ve written. I feel that somewhere, someplace, it’s been done and I’m just a courier bringing it into the world.

If I could make anything disappear, it would be hate.

We are the world, we are the children.

I've been in the entertainment industry since I was six-years-old ... As Charles Dickens says, 'It's been the best of times, the worst of times.' But I would not change my career ... While some have made deliberate attempts to hurt me, I take it in stride because I have a loving family, a strong faith and wonderful friends and fans who have, and continue, to support me.