"The only thing I like about [fishing] is to sit in the boat and eat hot dogs and drink beer and scream when he catches a fish. And you hope that you don't catch any fish, no, I haven't, they wiggle to…"

"I've been told I'm a good actress, but I never got a chance to prove it. I'd like to do a picture with Spencer Tracy."

"I'm not a politician. I'm a singer."

"The blues to me is like a prayer. It's a way of talking to God."

"You can't be a great singer if you don't know life."