"I just sing the truth."

"You can be up to your boobies in white satin, with gardenias in your hair and no sugar in your shoes, and still mess up."

"I've been through a lot, but I'm still here."

"I've been told that nobody sings the word 'hunger' like I do. Or the word 'love.'"

"I was turning tricks as a call girl, but I decided I wasn't going to be anybody's maid."