I have never been a different person onstage than I am off.

People always want to ask me about my drug problem - I never had a drug problem; I had a self-esteem problem!

Well, I went through some emotionally abusive relationships and allowed myself to not be properly respected as a lady, as a human being even, though I tried everything I knew to be a lady.

That's why you find a lot of entertainers are insecure, because it's the perfect camouflage for insecurity.

I have never been a different person onstage than I am off.

Well, we all know that self-esteem comes from what you think of you, not what other people think of you.

I think I sound like Barry White.

There's nothing to compare to live music, there just isn't anything.

I had a fear of being alone.

A chic guy is in a suit. I don't care what kind of tie they wear. I don't care if they even wear a tie, as long as they can carry a suit.

All through my young life I wanted to sing, although nobody in my family knew it.

Christ does not fulfill the human element, but he certainly fulfills every other need in your life. As far as I'm concerned, there's no better love affair.

God allows circumstances to build us up. God has got our back.

I had cars, houses, jewels, furs, and a husband who loved me, and a career I was happy with. But I found fulfillment in my relationship with Christ.

I still love a variety of kinds of music.

I will always try to share my faith with any person who is willing to listen. When I feel a wall go up, we can talk about something else... and I will pray for you.

My look is always glitzy for New Year's Eve, even if I am at home.

One of the high points of my career was winning the Grammy for 'I Will Survive.'

People are intimidated when they first meet me, but it doesn't take them long to realise I'm just an average person.

The better your audience, the more energy you have, and the more energy you have, the better show you do. The better show you do, the more they love it, and the more energy they give back to you.

Well, for street clothes, a lot of what I wear is Jones New York. I am well-endowed in the derriere, and they can handle that.

When I'm on stage, all is right with the world.

I will survive! Oh as long as I know how to love I know I will stay alive!

I was out in the clubs in New York City in 1971 72 feeling the pulse knowing what was going on. I saw them setting up D.J. booths in closetstaking the top half of the door off putting in a plank of wood and thats what the D.J. put his turntable on.

Well I went through some emotionally abusive relationships and allowed myself to not be properly respected as a lady as a human being even though I tried everything I knew to be a lady.

I do what I love to do, what I choose to do.

You will never catch up with the spread of AIDS no matter how much money, no matter how many antiretrovirals are put into the system, unless you stop its growth. And the only way to stop its growth is prevention.

It's hard being away from home. But other than that, performing is the highlight of my day.

I'm on the Sensa diet. It's a little magic powder based on Dr. Hirsh's clinical trials and studies and it basically signals the brain that you're full through smellology.

I want to make lemonade out of the lemons that were dealt to me.

I think the more we embrace the culture of life and respect life, the better that we do.

I think from an early age I was aware of how a camera can tell a story, how a movie camera can affect how the narrative is told.

I don't know if it was much of an interview. We just shot the breeze.

I try to look at this music career thing as the means to an end. And really, at the end of it, I see myself on a sailboat, sailing off the edge of the world.

In the long run, investing is not about markets at all. Investing is about enjoying the returns earned by businesses.

When a baby is in the room with two women, and one is considered more beautiful than the other, the infant's eyes will go to the more beautiful one.

Some people would rather stay ignorant and self-satisfied.

I want to be an actress, not a personality.

Anyone who experienced World War I close-hand was grossed out by it forever. It just was so awful.

If I can pay the bills, I'm happy.

The feeling of abandonment overwhelmed me as I realised that no one had waited, or cared where I was.

I love New York City. Everyone is busy with their own lives - and no one is interested in some Hollywood celebrity walking past in downtown Manhattan. That's why it's my favorite city. You can do what you want without attracting a crowd of curious onlookers.

Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to that arrogant oligarchy who merely happen to be walking around.

Justice is the sum of all moral duty.

I would never write stories with only despair and defeat and the dark side of life.

I feel very strongly about contraception even though I know people say that, as a good Catholic girl, I shouldn't. But I disagree because I think one of the keys to women's progression in the 20th century is being able to control their fertility.

It is never too late to make a change and taking some much needed alone time for yourself to reflect is not selfish.

O what a tangled web we weave When first we practice to deceive

Life is a kind of struggle. Life is a sort of fight.