My legacy is that I stayed on course... from the beginning to the end, because I believed in something inside of me.

I never close a door on any other religion. Most of the time, some part of it makes sense to me. I don't believe everyone has to chant just because I chant. I believe all religion is about touching something inside of yourself.

You take your problems to a god, but what you really need is for the god to take you to the inside of you.

I'm not wise, but the beginning of wisdom is there; it's like relaxing into - and an acceptance of - things.

So when it came to role models, I looked at presidents' wives. Of course, you're talking about a farm girl who stood in the fields, dreaming, years ago, wishing she was that kind of person. But if I had been that kind of person, do you think I could sing with the emotions I do? You sing with those emotions because you've had pain in your heart.

A beginning is the end of something, always.