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"But in my own particular case, there was something that happened when I became a mother. Whenever in the news I saw an example of a child being abused or mistreated, my response went from being appalled to being physically revolted."
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"People who lost their mother should be careful about committing crime, because probably no one else is praying to save you."
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"Being a mother is hard and it wasn't a subject I ever studied."
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"But my mother loved The Elephant Man, and my father gave David Lynch a scholarship to study in Rome."
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"Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother."
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"That was his mother. When she wasn't crying over the breakfast cereal, she was laughing about killing herself."
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"The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart."
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"My mother had gotten a job as a receptionist at a dancing school and had the idea that we should open our own dancing school; we did, and it prospered."
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"That MySpace is the story of the year. Everyone but my mother is on it."
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"Yeah, I read Judy Blume. My mother didn't like that, but I read it anyhow."
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"I talked to the record company about what I had in mind. They said they wanted something lush. I figured the best thing to do was let them hear what I had in mind."
Company
"Now I can stand up on the stage again like I used to after five years of sitting down while I sang."
Now
"That's where it begins and ends for me and these songs were the ones that touched me the deepest. It was like I was laying hold of some part of me that I didn't even know was there until I let it out."
Music
"At the same time I was being given a Lifetime Achievement Grammy."
Time
"I sing the songs that people need to hear."
People
"They said that Etta James is still vulgar. I said, Oh, how dare them say I'm still vulgar. I'm vulgar because I dance in the chair. What would they want me to do? Want me to just be still or something like that? I've got to do something."
Dance
"It's not about battling the original artists when I record these songs, it's about paying tribute to them."
Artist
"My mother always wanted me to be glamorous. When I thought about that, it really fired me up, and once I lost all those pounds, I started to feel really good about myself."
Mother
"The only time that I am really truly happy - when I feel at my best - is when I'm on the stage."
Time
"When I'm performing for the people, I am me, then. I am that little girl who, when she was five years old, used to sing at church. Or I'm that 15-year-old young lady who wanted to be grown and wanted to sing and couldn't wait to be smokin' a cigarette, you know?"
People
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