"I'm not supposed to be a singer. I'm supposed to be a painter. I can paint, you know."

"I never had a mother, a father, a brother, a sister. I had a grandmother, and she was a saint. She raised me. But I never had a mother."

"I never hurt anybody but myself and that's nobody's business but my own."

"I think I'm a nice person. I like to make people happy."

"I never had a chance to play with dolls like other kids. I started working when I was 6 years old."