The more you practice and study, the better you are... so I still practice and study all the time.
I've always wondered what it would be like if somebody from outer space landed with three heads. Then all of a sudden everybody else wouldn't look so bad, huh? Well, OK you're a little different from me but, hey, ya got one head.
Understand where it is you want to go. Then picture yourself there. If you can picture yourself there, then you can be there. Bottom line.
I get the greatest feeling when I'm singing. It's other-worldly. Your feet are anchored into the Earth and into this energy force that comes up through your feet and goes up the top of your head and maybe you're holding hands with the angels or the stars, I have no idea.
You always have to remember - no matter what you're told - that God loves all the flowers, even the wild ones that grow on the side of the highway.
If you saw me without makeup, you wouldn't recognize me.
You know, I've been playing with my hair color ever since I was nine.
Men and women are different. I don't think men grow a brain until 26 or even 30. Girls mature a lot quicker.
Dick Clark was a really great influence in my career; he helped me a lot with his whole organization, and they were awesome to me at all different points - but one thing that I really disagreed with him on was when he said that what I do, pop music, is a disposable art form.
I can't judge the way other people behave. I can only look at myself.
God has more important things to worry about than who I sleep with.
Before I became famous I had a very full life, and that gave me a lot to pick from. I always use everything. It always comes in handy. Working with animals... Well, I just enjoyed that. That was the most peaceful time.
I never had a rivalry with Madonna. You don't knock another sister, ever. There's room for everybody on this planet; you don't have to be like anyone else.
Humour is a great vehicle for getting a message across. If you get too serious, you could die of starch.
The '80s was a really creative and brave period. Remember, it was a period of ultraconservatism, and so you needed brave people to push ahead like that.
I've always felt, even as a songwriter, that the rhythm of speech is in itself a language for me.
When I sing I have a lot of visions. Like what's happening now in my life.
I absolutely refuse to reveal my age. What am I - a car?
I've got a Grammy and Emmy, I'd like to have a Tony.
I have a wig for when I go outside among the regular folks, so they don't feel uncomfortable because I have a Day-Glo color somewhere in my hair.
