I've got some good saints out there - that's right - that pray for me constantly. You've gotta have that! You do.

When I decided to be a singer, my mother warned me I'd be alone a lot. Basically we all are. Loneliness comes with life.

What's in your soul is in your soul.

I don't like it when they [media critics] see me as this little person who doesn't know what to do with herself -- like I have no idea what I want, like I'm just a puppet ... That's demeaning to me, because that ain't how it is, and it never was.

Judge not for your flaws, but for your Triumphs!

When you're feeling full of doubt and fear has got you in a bind, love will save the day.

You can fool people. You can fool anybody anytime of the day, but you can't fool yourself. At night, when you go home, you've got to be straight up with you.