My mother's wonderful. To me she's perfection.

Art keeps me alive. I've obviously been devastated or heartbroken all my life, since my mother's death.

My mother told me to keep on singing, and that kept me working through the cotton fields. She said God has his hand on you. You'll be singing for the world someday.

My mother would kill me if I posed nude! My mother raised me with certain standards.

My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.

My mother taught me three things: respect, knowledge, search for knowledge. It's an eternal journey.