I believe that singing is the key to long life, a good figure, a stable temperament, increased intelligence, new friends, super self-confidence, heightened sexual attractiveness, and a better sense of humor.

It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.

I’d love to do a musical. I’ve been known to have a good step or two. I’m half Samoan, you know, and part of our culture is singing and dancing daily.

Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference.

Some men never feel small, but these are the few men who are.

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.

What I like about the jokes, to me it’s a lot of logic, no matter how crazy they are. It has to make absolute sense, or it won’t be funny.

My philosophy is: It’s none of my business what people say of me and think of me.

I have never been bewildered for long in any fight with our enemies – I was Armed with Insight.

The music we do is for people to enjoy, dance and sing to it. Dreamers – keep on dreaming and keep working hard to achieve your goals. There are many difficulties, but what matters is to stay focused and have perseverance.

Sure it’s a big job; but I don’t know anyone who can do it better than I can.

I am whatever you say I am; if I wasn’t, then why would you say I am.

She is a peacock in everything but beauty.

I think being funny is not anyone’s first choice.

I worked with someone who told me they’d never like me. But for some reason, I just felt like I needed her approval. So I started changing myself to please her. It made me stop being social and friendly. I was so unhappy.

Above everything else I’ve done, I’ve always said I’ve had more guts than I’ve got talent.

No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.

If I heard someone else singing like me, I would buy it in a heartbeat.

I walk tall; I got a tall attitude.

To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don’t grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.

I can express myself.

It was really hard for them to intimidate me. They felt I was intimidating. One of the growers had a name for me: I think it was ‚dragon lady‘ or something like it.

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.

If in the twilight of memory we should meet once more, we shall speak again together and you shall sing to me a deeper song.

That’s all I could ever hope for, to have a positive effect on women. ‚Cos women are powerful, powerful beings. But they’re also the most doubtful beings. They’ll never know – we’ll never know – how powerful we are.

I still think I am the greatest.

I really learned to sing in church, I think, really with emotion.

I think that I’m perfect.

You’ll never rise any higher than the way you see yourself.

You’re never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you’re never as bad as they say when you lose.

Carry the battle to them. Don’t let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive and don’t ever apologize for anything.

If you play an instrument, it makes you a better singer. The more you play, the better you sing, the more you sing, the better you play.

What is true belongs to me!

At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

I just think it is important that you realize, that you’re the best in the world. Whether you are a Democrat or Republican or whether you’re libertarian or whatever, you are the best. And we should not ever forget that. And when somebody does not do the job, we got to let them go.

With realization of one’s own potential and self-confidence in one’s ability, one can build a better world.

Some guys look better as they get older.

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.

Everybody wants to be me. What can I say?

There were people who incorporated melody before me, but I would deem myself the first person to successfully rap and sing.

I want the world to see my body.

I didn’t have to win, and winning wasn’t important to me. Being world champion wasn’t important to me. What was important to me was entertaining the audience, and whether that meant winning, losing, singing, or whatever it was on the live show we were doing every week, which was awesome, I was game for it.

Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.

Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right.

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

I grew up in a musical family; the majority of my growing up was done in Hawaii. It’s what we do. You sing, you dance, you play ukulele and you drink.

I always said that I wouldn’t use a teleprompter, and if I start to sing real flat, I’ll hang it up.

I grew up listening to the Police, I grew up performing in bars, singing Police songs.

There will be days when I walk in an arena and people will cheer and then there might be days when I walk in an arena and people might boo, but it all sounds the same to me because it’s all just noise that lets me know that I’m relevant.

I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it.

I believe that I’m one of the best in the world at what I do, and that’s all I’ve ever wanted to be.

Self-actualized people are independent of the good opinion of others.

My first job was singing on the Cas Walker radio show in Knoxville, Tennessee. I was about 10 years old, and I thought it was big time.

Real beauty knocks you a little bit off kilter.

The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.

I always say that women should wear whatever makes them feel good about themselves. That’s what I always try to do.

I knew I wanted to do something creative. I didn’t think I’d have the luxury of doing something like that, because I didn’t know anyone who had pursued anything they really adored, but I had dreams for singing or writing.

Who’s to say what’s a good voice and not a good voice?

A smart girl leaves before she is left.