“None of my actions have ever sort of been motored by the search for a husband or wondering if I was going to have a family someday or wanting to live in a really great house or thinking it would be really great to have a diamond.”

“My family background was deeply Christian.”

“A company that pays attention to the family unit is a successful company. We don't isolate the family. We don't make rides that say, 'Hey mom, dad, you go sit on the bench.'”

“Stay out of the sun, because it is the worst thing in terms of aging. I'm very medical. I come from a medical family.”

“I was born into the most remarkable and eccentric family I could possibly have hoped for.”

“I'd be a liar if I said I had a normal family.”

“I was raised by a single mother who made a way for me. She used to scrub floors as a domestic worker, put a cleaning rag in her pocketbook and ride the subways in Brooklyn so I would have food on the table. But she taught me as I walked her to the subway that life is about not where you start, but where you're going. That's family values.”

“The last thing family and friends want is for you to spend money on them that you don't have or that you can't really spare.”

“I know I'm talented, but I wasn't put here to sing. I was put here to be a wife and a mom and look after my family. I love what I do, but it's not where it begins and ends.”