"I know the difference between black magic and white magic."

"Greatest hits is easy because one has nothing to do - except that we both, Roger and I, felt that new songs should be there because I've been away for awhile."

"I never had that thing about being black. If the whole world was like that, maybe there would be more harmony and love."

"My career always took me away from home, I was always away from home and I just wanted to be at home."

"I don't want to act just to be on the screen doing anything and looking any kind of way."

"In the USA there is no female equivalent to god."

"My parents separated when I was younger."

"I didn't have anybody, really, no foundation in life, so I had to make my own way. Always, from the start. I had to go out in the world and become strong, to discover my mission in life."

"I don't like to dwell on the past."

"But I believe we have a higher level of mentality within us, but we have to use the power in the right way."

"Movies are movies: they take you back in time, and how it still is for some."

"I don't want to be dragging myself on stage, year in year out, until someone else tells me it is time to go. There are certain birthdays that make you revalue your life."

"I need that on stage. I need a burst of life. That's entertainment for me."

"It just feels like Erwin and me... even at night I don't feel I have to look pretty in bed."

"I am attracted to myths."

"I believe in prayer and in strong belief."

"In Tennessee where I grew up, there were animals, farms, wagons, mules."

"You take your problems to a god, but what you really need is for the god to take you to the inside of you."

"I was always attracted to science fiction movies."

"In Buddhism there are words you can say... as you say the words with rhythm the conscious tells the subconscious."

"Sometimes we need help from a god."

"Well, these days, if you're away five years, you might not be able to get back."

"I'm perfectly fine now if I never went on stage again."

"I want to know what the difference between the essence of a man and woman is."

"I didn't worry about it because I kind of felt I left a good message and memory with the people in terms of my work, and I always felt with a good record, I could always come back."

"Physical strength in a woman - that's what I am."

"For me the goddess is the female of God, She is powerful if different."

"Delhi came as a shock. There were so many people, and oh, the traffic."

"I heard stories from my mother's mother who was an American Indian. She was spiritual, although she did not go to church, but she had the hum. She used to tell me stories of the rivers."

"I regret not having had more time with my kids when they were growing up."

"I'm not wise, but the beginning of wisdom is there; it's like relaxing into - and an acceptance of - things."

"I am a practicing Buddhist. I have been for 25 years."

"This is what I want in heaven... words to become notes and conversations to be symphonies."

"I'm pleased with my life, with the journey."