You don’t have to hold onto the pain to hold onto the memory.

Another side to me is this very sexual being. When I look back on my life, it’s always been there. It’s been there since I was 10 years old, having the imagination that I had.

When I’m getting ready for a tour, I’ll work out with the dancers.

Being on ‘Good Times’ was the first time I was around a group of people that wasn’t my family.

I do think kids should be kids. You have the rest of your life to be an adult.

I kinda see everyone as competition.

When I gained weight in 2005, my nutritionist was very worried. I was close to having diabetes.

To have someone to relate to and hopefully enjoy the music and get a positive message out of it, to make the best music that we possibly could, those were the goals.

There are people that regardless of what it is, if it’s something that’s stressful, whatever it may be, they don’t eat, they lose a lot of weight, a divorce, they get real thin. I’m the...

I am the baby in the family, and I always will be. I am actually very happy to have that position. But I still get teased. I don’t mind that.

In 1977, at age ten, I was cast on the TV sitcom ‘Good Times.’ My character was Penny, an abused child in desperate need of love. I really didn’t want to do the show. I...

Control meant not only taking care of myself but living in a much less protected world. And doing that meant growing a tough skin.

I kinda see everyone as competition. I’m a very competitive person. But I think that’s good. Competition is great. And as long as it’s friendly and not a malicious thing, then I think it’s cool.

I was two when we left Indiana, and I don’t really remember it that well.

I really don’t know anything else because my brothers were famous when I was two years old. So I know nothing else, no other life.

I think it’s been a little difficult at times for the audience, because they’ve told me they see me as a family member. So to see your little sister sing about sex… I think they...

You get used to working with one choreographer. You kind of get stuck in that vein and you work your way out of it, picking up someone else’s style, their flavor. It takes a bit...

When we were growing up, all of us kids were vegetarians. No one had asked me to stop eating meat – I just noticed everyone else around me had stopped, so I followed the crew.

It is my belief that we all have the need to feel special. It is this need that can bring out the best in us, yet the worst in us.

There is a moment when you get older when your metabolism slows down and you don’t feel like working out any more, so you don’t want to keep yourself fit any more, but that’s your...

I’m flattered that other artists consider me a role model.

Every body type is different – that’s what makes you unique. What makes you special is you, and you are different from the next person.

I’m a very competitive person. But I think that’s good.

I wanted to talk about my life. There is so much. I was 18 when I made the record, and I had a lot to say.

You can never be happy until you understand why you’re doing what you’re doing.

I always write my music based on what is going on in my life at the time.

All those songs reflect all the people that live within me.

To cut off the confusion and accept an answer just because it’s too scary not to have an answer is a good way to get the wrong answer.

Competition is great. And as long as it’s friendly and not a malicious thing, then I think it’s cool.

We’re all driven to premieres or nightclubs and seen the rope separating those who can enter and those who can’t. Well, there’s also a velvet rope we have inside of us, keeping others from knowing...

I’m just trying to get used to living on a fixed income. Now, it’s going to get unfixed.

I have a pretty bad temper. But you have to really push me to see it. But everybody has their things.

I’m fine the way I am. There’s nothing wrong with me.

I was a very quiet kid. A really sweet kid, I might add.

Dreams can become a reality when we possess a vision that is characterized by the willingness to work hard, a desire for excellence, and a belief in our right and our responsiblity to be equal...

I am not a religious person, but I am spiritual. But I don’t believe in things like guilt.

I wanted to be on my own and get out of the house. We were the kind of kids that – we – obeyed our parents. If they said no, you don’t ask why.

To be given permission to be confused — and remain confused — for as long as it takes would have been a huge gift.

When I’m feeling down on myself or not feeling good about who I am, or maybe something happened and I’m feeling depressed, I eat to fill that void. Afterwards I’ll beat myself up about it....

People tend to put entertainers on pedestals. We’re human beings, just like you. You may see us smiling, and whether we have money or not, we still have bills to pay, we still have our...

It was the Control album that was really about what I wanted to do.

I think it’s great if a guy has a good sized package.

Touring is very grueling. It’s very taxing on the body and living out of your suitcase, going from city to city, night after night. It’s a tough job.

I’d adopt. And I think that if I’m really supposed to have kids, it will happen, if that’s God’s plan for me.

No word is absolutely wrong or dirty or insulting. It all depends upon context and intention.

I’m a true believer in prayer, a big believer in prayer.

That’s a part of me going back to what I used to do.

Big sisters and brothers… I am telling you, it never changes.

Some of my battles with weight have been very public. But most of them have been internal. Even at my thinnest, when my body was being praised, I wasn’t happy with what I saw in...

You can’t hold the record forever, and I know that. I’m not stupid.