"I've always had a huge fear of dying or becoming ill. The thing I'm most afraid of, though, is being alone, which I think a lot of performers fear. It's why we seek the limelight - so we're not alone, were adored. We're loved, so people want to be around us. The fear of being alone drives my life."

"I don't get anything for free. I pay for all my beauty treatments."

"The bottom line is that musicians love to make music and always will."

"If you don't love yourself, you can't love anybody else. And I think as women we really forget that."

"To hope means to be ready at every moment for that which is not yet born, and yet not become desperate if there is no birth in our lifetime."

"Conservatism is not about leaving people behind. Conservatism is about empowering people to catch up, to give them the tools at their disposable that make it possible for them to access all the hope, all the promise, all the opportunity that America offers. And our programs to help them should reflect that."

"Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong."

"To leave a mark on the world, remember that the canvas of tomorrow is painted with the actions of today."