I'm Always Amazed By The People Who

I Always Love Working With Children. I Never Had Children Of My Own. God Has His Purposes. God Didn't Let Me Have Children So Everybody's Children Could Be Mine. That's Kind Of How I'm Looking At It.

I Thank God For My Failures. Maybe Not At The Time But After Some Reflection. I Never Feel Like A Failure Just Because Something I Tried Has Failed.

I Never Want Anything More Than What's Fair. The Problem Is, I Never Want Anything Less Either. In The Old-boy School Of Business, If A Woman Walks Away From The Table With What's Rightfully Hers, The Man Feels Screwed.

I Feel Fortunate That I've Had A Lot Of Songs Recorded By Other People, Because I Take My Songwriting Very Seriously. It's Only Those People That Have Followed Me Over The Years And Really Know My Work That Know How Serious I Am About All Of It - Including The Way I Look. You Can't Take My High Heels From Me, You Can't Have My Long Fingernails, You Can't Take All This Hair From Me, Because It's Part Of This Thing That I've Become. I Wouldn't Want To Give Any Of It Up. Do I Have To Be Ugly To Be A Songwriter? This Is The Way I Am, And It's What I Choose To Be.

My Grandpa Was A Preacher.