I never had that thing about being black. If the whole world was like that, maybe there would be more harmony and love.
As long as I have people's attention, I can't stop. You can't put the public on hold, because they might not be there when you get back. I have a pathological fear of stopping.
Love is definitely a foundation, a spiritual connection that makes peace. Also it is the change in the world. People don't get so hung up on it any more as they used to. They feel that it can be secondary in some instances.
I'm your private dancer, a dancer for money, I'll do what you want me to do.
I know the difference between black magic and white magic.
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.
I don't like to dwell on the past.
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.
But I believe we have a higher level of mentality within us, but we have to use the power in the right way.
I want to tell people how to live spiritually. After you've bought all your houses and your clothes, you want something bigger.
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.
As a child my grandmother used to tell us stories about the dead and the mystical.
So when it came to role models, I looked at presidents' wives. Of course, you're talking about a farm girl who stood in the fields, dreaming, years ago, wishing she was that kind of person. But if I had been that kind of person, do you think I could sing with the emotions I do? You sing with those emotions because you've had pain in your heart.
Sometimes we need help from a god
I need that on stage. I need a burst of life. That's entertainment for me.
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.
In Buddhism there are words you can say... as you say the words with rhythm the conscious tells the subconscious
I want to know what the difference between the essence of a man and woman is.
For me the goddess is the female of God, She is powerful if different.
First of all, I'm happy that I'm healthy.
There's been (if you sort of scan the magazines) announcements of different performers that has come and tried to get the British audience to go crazy, simply by them entering the stage because they had a hit record. It just doesn't happen. That happens in America.
I remember music first artists second.
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 grew up in the south, poor - on rock, dirt roads.
When my parents went off to Knoxville to work, I lived with my father's mother. She was strict - the kind who starched and ironed dresses. I had to sit more than I played. Oh, I was miserable. I liked being out with the animals. I'd come in the house with my hair pulled out, sash off the dress, dirty as heck. I was always getting spanked.
