I often wish my mother had died so that at least I could get some people's sympathy. But there she was, a perfectly beautiful mother.

Women have become stronger, and there's a backlash. Men have become terribly possessive. I find it much easier to get on with women.

Women artists are still treated differently from men.

Some people are old at 18 and some are young at 90. Time is a concept that humans created.

I think something that's very important for us to communicate is usually very simple. Like breathing: Breathing is very simple. You don't do a dissonant 9th harmony or something in breathing. You just breathe, you know. I think that's how it is with very important messages.

Smile in the mirror. Do that every morning and you'll start to see a big difference in your life.

Bad stories are written about me because the press knows they can make me into a weeping dog and few people will object.