“My first job is big sister and I take that very seriously.”

“Some people say I have attitude--maybe I do...But I think you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does--that makes you a winner right there.”

“you have to believe in yourself when no one else does that's what makes you a winner”

“I can do nothing without His help. Oh, Lord, what ignorance thinking everything was wealth.”

“Don't take life TOO serious you can't get out alive anyhow.”

“I hope to die in my sleep, when the time comes, and I hope it will be in the beautiful big brass bed in my New Orleans apartment, the bed which is associated with so much love.”

“I've loved you from the first day I met you, as I will the rest of my existence.”