The first time that I appeared on stage, it scared me to death. I really didn’t know what all the yelling was about. I didn’t realize that my body was moving. It’s a natural thing to me. So to the manager backstage I said, ‘What’d I do? What’d I do?’ And he said “Whatever it is, go back and do it again.
That’s one of the worst things about getting old. That people allow themselves to die before you.
When it’s hurting you that’s when you can make a difference.
My legacy is that I stayed the course… from start to finish because I believed in something inside of me.
Man, I was tame compared to what they do now. Are you kidding? I didn’t do anything but just jiggle.
If you only want to see dog shit, then there is dog shit.
Life is not about waiting for the storm to subside. It’s about learning to dance in the rain.
Never listen to girls on how to get girls. If you’re trying to catch fish you don’t ask another fish. You ask the Fisherman.
They say it’s the white man I should fear, but it’s my own kind doing all the killing here.
When I die, I want to go to sleep peacefully like my grandfather. Not screaming in terror, like the passengers in his car.
If it’s dancing, or anything else in life my darling, that matters to you, then don’t let anything or anyone stop you.
All footballers are motivated by money – those who say otherwise are lying.
If you’re a giver, remember to learn your limits. Because the takers don’t have any.
When you tear out a man’s tongue, you are not proving, him a liar: you’re only telling the world that you fear what he might say.
In this house, I’m not famous. Because the dog doesn’t care. And my children hopefully appreciate me more for our regular interaction and conversations,
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.
Those who have never made a mistake have never tried anything new.
I am a bourgeois, but I am not a Left-woman. I was born a bourgeois, and I have always tried not to stand on a pedestal and say that I am a worker. That would be false talk. Nor during the many years when the red hirelings were around and held their noses at the thought of “Matador” and everything else I did. I’m not a peasant either. I was born a bourgeois, but that is why I can criticise the bourgeoisie and their shabby schemes, which I can easily see through.
Der er kun én succes – at kunne tilbringe dit liv på din egen måde.
It is better to have clean nails than soil between the ears.
Now the gossip must stop. Now I’m tired of getting sucked into your columns. Then you must sue me if you dare.
You are only as happy as your least happy child-
All warfare is based on deception.
The early bird catches the worm. The early worm gets eaten.
I have a small walk-in closet, and it can easily turn into a recycling museum, so I’ve also learned to sort out. When you are as old as I am, it is very important not to get sloppy and wear boring clothes.