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What is love but a second-hand emotion?

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

I believe in prayer and in strong belief.

Success in America - what I find with my homeland, nothing lasts very long. Europe is different. You're right there with them until you come back.

In the USA there is no female equivalent to god.

I want to breathe in the Spiritual.

I want to tell people how to live spiritually. After you've bought all your houses and your clothes, you want something bigger.

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

I don't wanna lose you
And I always wanna feel this way
Cause everytime I'm with you I feel true love, true love.

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

What's love got to do with it?

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

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

As a child my grandmother used to tell us stories about the dead and the mystical.

You take everything I've made the last 16 years. I'll take my freedom.

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

My parents separated when I was younger.

I never said Well, I don't have this and I don't have that. I said, I don't have this yet, but I'm going to get it.

Whenever I drink champagne I either laugh or cry ... I get so emotional! I love champagne.

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

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

Sometimes in a restaurant you'll see a lady dressed very nice, she picks up a menu or something ... a little fan is always a little bit nice.

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

Sometimes we need help from a god.

You wouldn't believe that I still have the bikers with the caps to the side at my door, ringing the doorbell.

On the third day in India, I realized people were not suffering as much as I thought.

I've never bothered about my color.

My legacy is that I stayed on course ... from the beginning to the end, because I believed in something inside of me.

Physical strength in a Woman... that's what I am

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

I believe that if you'll just stand up and go, life will open up for you.

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

My mother and father didn't love each other, so they were always fighting.

You asked me if I ever stood up for anything. Yeah, I stood up for my life.

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 don't like to dwell on the past.

I know the difference between black magic and white magic.

I'm your private dancer, a dancer for money, I'll do what you want me to do.

I was always attracted to science fiction movies.

I am attracted to myths.

I'm self-made. I always wanted to make myself a better person, because I was not educated. But that was my dream - to have class.

As I grew up, I learned what worked for me. That's where the short dresses came from. And you can't dance in a long dress.

It's every man for himself, every woman, every child. A new breed ferocious and wild.

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

I grew up in the south, poor - on rock, dirt roads.

They're still in good shape, but I'm not flashing them anymore. I'm an old lady. I leave all the flesh to the kids.

First of all, I'm happy that I'm healthy.

I always had long legs. When I was young, I used to think, 'Why do I look like a little pony?'

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

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

There comes a point where it is just undignified to be a rock 'n' roll star.

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

In fact, my parents were church people; my father was a deacon in the church.

Age is no issue to me. I think 50 is the new 30 and 70 is the new 50. There are no rules that say you have to dress a certain way or be a certain way.

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

You must love and care for yourself, because that's when the best comes out.

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

I will never give in to old age until I become old. And I'm not old yet!

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