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

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 think we all have blocks between us and the best version of ourselves, whether it's shyness, insecurity, anxiety, whether it's a physical block, and the story of a person overcoming that block to their best self. It's truly inspiring because I think all of us are engaged in that every day.

For me, every day is a new thing. I approach each project with a new insecurity, almost like the first project I ever did. And I get the sweats. I go in and start working, I'm not sure where I'm going. If I knew where I was going I wouldn't do it.

It's an old adage that the way to be safe is never to be secure... Each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best.

Bad directors will tell you they absolutely know how to do it, and how it has to happen; there's this insecurity that leads them to feeling like they have to control everything.

The task we must set for ourselves is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity.

First, his job approval ratings have been trending down for many months, a trend that has accelerated in recent weeks as the war on terrorism has been supplanted in the public's mind by corporate scandals, stock market declines, and a growing sense of economic insecurity.

Any fool knows that bravado is always a cover-up for insecurity. That's the truth. And on that note, I'll say goodnight. God love you.

I think the elections have gone well, although there is so much insecurity in Iraq. So far during the counting of ballots, there has not been a significant complaint. We have to wait to see what the outcome of the counting is.

Most men are very attached to the idea of being male, and usually experience a lot of fear and insecurity around the idea of being a man. Most women are very identified with their gender, and also experience a tremendous amount of fear and insecurity.

It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.

It's a bit loose and the people in my group have got other groups. They don't have to have a total allegiance to me. I think that's really a bit weird and showing some weird insecurity.

I don't miss the economic insecurity, the living paycheck to paycheck.

I'd been around women who put me down, made me feel bad, or said things to fuel my insecurity.

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

I find it strange the way human nature wants heroes and yet wants to destroy their heroes. It's a kind of mass insecurity people want something to look up to and get a buzz off but, at the same time, want to destroy it because it makes them feel insecure.

I have the show because I'm insecure. It's my insecurity that makes me want to be a comic, that makes me need the audience.

I always told, Sandra Bullock was my student when she was younger, I always told her it's important that we hold on to our insecurity, the wisdom of insecurity.

Insecurity and resignation mingle with the hope for a better order.

It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.

I remember certain people in the audience laughing and I wanted to ask: 'What are you laughing at? This isn't funny.' Now I realize that laughter can come from insecurity. They don't know how they should be feeling.

Creative people are very insecure people because they don't know whether people like them or are in awe of them. That insecurity always comes out. It makes them a better actor, I feel.

Insecurity, commonly regarded as a weakness in normal people, is the basic tool of the actor's trade.

She's probably in denial that she's a great big ball of insecurity and I'm quite well aware that I am one.

Becoming the new feminine ideal requires just the right combination of insecurity, exercise, bulimia and surgery.