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" Whenever I walk out on a stage, I'm begging for affection. "

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Material Things

" My house was bugged. They couldn't find any information on me being a subversive because I happen to love America; I just don't like some of the things the government is doing. "

" People in general are used to seeing me as the naughty girl because that's what they've always cast me as. "

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" I think it's fun to look at people with big diamonds. I see them in my audience all the time, with the fur coat, a woman whose hand is always out front, or the two fingers are on the cheek to show her diamond. I don't have anything against that. "

" You don't have to hit anybody on the head to be sexy. "

" I stayed on my own path and did not follow the herd. I made a way for myself. "