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" I've had my share of doing things that I really wish I hadn't done. "

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" There's inevitably something missing when you grow up in this kind of an environment when your parents travel a lot. When your father is famous, you are looked at and expected of. There are standards you need to meet. "

" I have been on dialysis in Istanbul, Milan, Indonesia, Manila, London. It's - it's amazing. "

" I continually acted up to get attention. My father gave me that, and once he left, I felt that I didn't have any. "

" My idols are Janis Joplin and Annie Lennox, who are neither of them from the typical pop culture. "

" Even when I had no money, I spent everything I had on clothes. "

" Losing people is dark, but some things you just have to accept. "

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" I think foreign countries really do like it when American artists sing in their language. And when you go over there and say, 'Hi, how are you?' in their language, they love it. It makes them feel like you're doing it just for them. We in America take so much for granted. "

" My father was a pioneer in so many ways. He was fearless, and I think that I kind of picked that up from him as well. "

" As kids, we had no clue about the racial stuff that seemed to preoccupy adults. We just enjoyed our life as kids. "

" People say I look younger than the music I'm doing just because the songs are older. Hopefully I can keep my youthful look! "

" I'm an ordinary person under extraordinary circumstances. "

" I would hate to look back on my life and go, 'You know, I wanted to do a rock n' roll album. I should have, and I never did.' "

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" I managed to survive the worst things any entertainer could possibly go through. "

" I think that I am a walking testimony to you can have scars. You can go through turbulent times and still have victory in your life. "

" I felt that if I'm serious about acting, I would like people to see me as an actress. It's less of a stretch if I'm singing, unless I'm playing a character who sings. "

" I don't think anyone can measure up to what my father had achieved. I'm just happy to at least play some of his music, but he is really the one who was the pioneer, the one who started all this. He's really The King. "

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" My first trip to Mexico was with my dad because of his Spanish records. That was back in 1958. I found a picture of me when I was eight dressed as a little senorita. "

" I'm the type of person who won't cancel a show even if I don't feel my best. "