I'll bring my grits when I travel, because I get so hungry on the road.

I have just one tube of lipstick, but it's as big as a can of hairspray.

I do have a natural sense for business, which I think I get from my Dad.

I'm very open with my business partners, just like I am with my husband.

I am a tender-hearted person, and I feel everything to the ninth degree.

I'm comfortable in my own skin, no matter how far it's stretched. Ha ha.

A lot of dreams can turn to nightmares... if you don't really work them.

I always just thought if you see somebody without a smile, give'em yours!

I don't trust anyone who does their own hair. I don't think it's natural.

I think so many people live their whole life in fear and doubt and shame.

My songs are like my children - I expect them to support me when I'm old.

If I'd married someone in show business, there'd be too much competition.

I have to not harden my heart, because I want to stay open to feel things.

I sing as an actress. Whatever I'm singing about, I just become the story.

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.

All of my brothers and sisters are very talented. They all sang all right.

I listen to my old records and I think, 'How did I ever get on the radio?'

People tend to fear what they do not know, and what they fear they dislike.

My boobs are fake, my hair's fake but what is real is my voice and my heart.

I think your values are always influenced by your family and your community.

I met my husband before I became a star, and he doesn't care about any of it.

A positive attitude and a sense of humor go together like biscuits and gravy.

I've always believed in my talent. And I've always had more guts than talent.

Funny thing is that the poorer people are, the more generous they seem to be.

I'm an energy vampire. I just suck off everybody's energy. But I give it back.

We just seem to have lost all our morals and principles and values these days.

[On being overweight:] If I tried to haul ass, I would have to make two trips.

I love traveling all over the world; but it's true: there's nothing like home.

You don't see too many atheists on the deathbed. They all start cramming then.

You can't just wish to be a millionaire; you have to figure out how to earn it.

People always ask me if they're mine. Yes, they are... all bought and paid for.

My mother was always fascinated with the fact that I could rhyme so much stuff.

I'd love to do a duet, always wanted to work with Madonna, but she never asked.

When I was with Andy Warhol, I thought, 'God, his wig looks cheaper than mine!'

I describe my look as a blend of mother goose, cinderella, and the local hooker!

Being brought up very religious, I have a fear of people that look to idol gods.

Children have always responded to me because I have that cartoon-character look.

I am not gay, but if I were, I would be the first one running out of the closet.

Time marches on and sooner or later you realize it is marching across your face.

I'm very short, so I just have to watch my weight because I have a big appetite.

When I have sex with my husband, I fantasize I am with a petite, hot young woman.

I love bald men. Just because you've lost your fuzz don't mean you ain't a peach.

That traveling man was a two time lover, he took my love, then he took my mother.

We're supposed to be less judgmental and accept and be kind and love one another.

I like to buy clothes that are two sizes too small and then take them in a little.

The worst thing about poverty is not the actual living of it, but the shame of it.

I have a big gay and lesbian following and they've been very loyal and kind to me.

My philosophy is simple: It's a down-home, common, horse-sense approach to things.

I've always loved the fans in Scotland and have a little Scottish blood of my own.

I know when something ain't right, and I know exactly what I will or won't tolerate.

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