I really learned to sing in church, I think, really with emotion.
I've enjoyed all the parts of my career.
Nobody can ever make enough money for as many poor relatives as I've got. Somebody's got a sick kid, or somebody needs an operation, somebody ain't got this, somebody ain't got that. Or to give the kids all a car when they graduate.
I think every entertainer's had nights when things go wrong. I mean you can't remember everything all the time, and especially if you're having hard times personally, things going on that you - you know, and then people make it worse. And that makes you feel worse.
Above everything else I've done, I've always said I've had more guts than I've got talent.
When I'm inspired, I get excited because I can't wait to see what I'll come up with next.
Every time I come to Europe, I'm just as excited as I was my very first time, which was many, many years ago. I love that part of the world, and I especially love the fans.
I thank God for my failures. Maybe not at the time but after some reflection. I never feel like a failure just because something I tried has failed.
I don't like to get involved in things that I am not familiar with. I'm kind of a hands-on type of person.
Actually, I hear a lot of rock music. My husband is a big rock fan.
I've been around longer than most of my fans have been alive.
I've always loved the fans in Scotland and have a little Scottish blood of my own.
I ain't never far away from a pencil and paper or a tape recorder.
My mother was always fascinated with the fact that I could rhyme so much stuff.
I've always been fascinated by everything with wings.
I'm not trying to be fashionable. Never was!
I've done everything every fat person ever has. I've tried every diet.
My fat never made me less money.
I've used my femininity and my sexuality as a weapon and a tool... but that's just natural.
I've never been a feminist.
