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

"And nosy me i went and opened it to see what was inside. and those things are so real it scared me to death i must have threw it a mile."

"I've got to be myself, and I can't be myself unless I sing what I feel."

"I've been through a lot of changes, but I'm still the same old Billie."

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