But I think that I'm just a normal girl, you know.

But I like to know that someone is stronger than I am. I want to be able to know that if I get tired, somebody is there to hold up the fort. I like knowing that I can't pick a refrigerator alone. God did not make me strong enough to do that.

I want a private life, I truly do. I'm not just pretending to want one like lots of celebrities.

I don't care if I'm beautiful; I don't care what I am on the outside. It isn't about the outside.

Because I'm just an ordinary person that did some extraordinary things.

I don't keep a press agent because I think people need to have a break from you.

It would be nice if you have a hit. But I don't think it's necessary to continue with my career at this point.

A friend of mine called and said they're interested in having you do a song for the new Pokemon. All my kids are grown up, so I'd heard of it, but I didn't really know what it was.

When you see these people that are in the public eye all the time, it must get tiring.

I'm ready to work and if it happens, it happens. If it doesn't, it's fine.

I am sensual and very physical. I'm very erotic. But my sexuality exists on a sort of a fantasy level.

Let's say that, in reality, I'm basically very shy when it comes to men.

I don't really try to predict what can and will happen with things. Sometimes you think something's gonna be a huge success, and it isn't. And sometimes you pay no attention to something whatsoever, and God just makes it into everything.

When I'm not working I try to stay out of the public eye as much as possible.

But I think that I'm just a normal girl, you know.

My life was changed in one breath from God.

Nobody wants you to stop, obviously because you're a moneymaking machine. But you have to make the decision and you have to move forward. So I took time off to have babies and do all that.

I haven't really been recording in the last several years. I haven't wanted to. And even though I had to deal with Sony and now I'm on Universal again, I will probably put out a new record soon.

And I mean, I'm established. So I'm not worried about having a hit at this point in my career.

God had to create disco music so I could be born and be successful.

Well, I'll say I have an incredible ability to fantasize - I really do. I don't have to have things tangible to be able to see them, and therefore I enjoy so many things, because they're in my mind.

And no, having the hits is just more work.

If you've never been to one of my concerts. I want you to know that it is OK to scream and yell.

When we made Love to Love You Baby we knew it was somewhat innovative but nobody knew people would jump on that bandwagon and all of a sudden the whole world would be going disco.

I think for a girl to be strong, it doesn't have to involve being physically strong.

Like other Americans, U.S. journalists have often neglected the study of history; they have much remedial work to do in trying to understand who did what to whom, why and when - and who did it first.

When you are studying Jazz best thing to do is listen to records & live music as much you can & absorb everything.

If people take anything from my music, it should be motivation to know that anything is possible as long as you keep working at it and don't back down.

It's not mere extremism that makes folks at the fringes so troubling; it's extremism wedded to false beliefs. Humans have long been dupes, easily gulled by rumors and flat-out lies.

The use of traveling is to regulate imagination with reality, and instead of thinking of how things may be, see them as they are.

Cowardice... is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend functioning of the imagination.

These code authorities could regulate production, quantities, qualities, prices, distribution methods, etc., under the supervision of the NRA. This was fascism.

Let's give the conventions back to the politicians. If we think there's any news, we can tack it on afterward as commentary. But the conventions should be their show, not ours.

It's the Industrial Revolution and the growth of urban concentrations that led to a sense of anonymity.

We are celebrating the feast of the Eternal Birth which God the Father has borne and never ceases to bear in all eternity... But if it takes not place in me, what avails it? Everything lies in this, that it should take place in me.

I've always liked 3D.

Television networks are a lot like automobile manufacturers or anyone else who's in commerce. If something out there catches on with the public... I guess you can call it 'market research.'

Truth waits to be found. It searches for no one.

For a very long time now I've been saying to young women, 'You can have it all, but not all at the same time.' How important it is to take very good care of yourself, of your mental and physical and spiritual wellbeing; it's hard to do. It's easier to be a workaholic than to have a truly balanced life.

Happiness is not something that just comes to you. It's an active process.

I would absolutely love to wrestle Sami Zayn because he's absolutely one of my favorites to watch. I think me and his style would just work. That would definitely be a dream match of mine.

The single most important thing in a child's performance is the quality of the teacher. Making sure a child spends the maximum amount of time with inspirational teachers is the most important thing.

All my forebears worked for a living. My grandfather painted portraits. My mother too. My aunt painted seascapes.

I own a '66 Jaguar. That's the guitar I polish, and baby - I refuse to let anyone touch it when I jump into the crowd.

I taught English, first at a Catholic school and then at El Toro High School in Lake Forest, Calif.

Students are rewarded for memorization, not imagination or resourcefulness.

You've got to realize. In the western world, regardless of what color you are, what title the music is, it's all played by the same notes.

I teased Randy Orton because he started using my finish, the Angle Slam. I said, 'Hey, I don't mind you using it, but at least give it a name.' When he hits it, the announcers just say, 'Well, he just hit that... thing.'