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

"I hate to sing the same song the same way twice. If you can, then it ain't music."

"I never had a mother that was really a mother. I just had a kid that was a mother. She was eighteen, I was thirteen, and she used to go out and live it up. So I had to go out and get a job. I was work…"

"I don't regret anything. I've had a good life."

"I just want to be left alone. I don't want to be bothered."