"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, never had a father, never had a home, I never had a husband. I just had me."

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

"If you copy, it means you're working without any chief — without any chief of your own."

"I'm not afraid to die. I'm afraid to live."