I think there's no way they should have to teach [math] now. We have computers. We no longer need to know why 3x = 2y/4.

I'd rather sink with my own vision than float with somebody else's.

I'm sure I will cause tremendous seismic shifts in the culture again.

I know I'm a really good mother. I know it. I'm a really good mother.

When someone comments on my weight, I have to work hard to stand in front of the mirror and say, "This is who you are. You're okay in this lady, and you're a great, healthy, lovable and loving person." I try to accept myself.

Culture is defined, really, by the artists who record what the everyday experience is like and then translate it to a common piece of art that all people can respond and relate to.

The words of musicals were the moral codes that I lived by. I found meaning and messages in musicals that I didn't find in churches or school books and it really made me come alive in a way.