“The relationship that counts most in my life is the one I have with myself. I have a great, great, great relationship with myself, and it gets better and better as I get older. The other day, I was talking to Barry in the car and I said, ‘I’m so glad I’m me!’”

You’re always with yourself, so you might as well enjoy the company.

I obviously don’t feel under pressure to look young, because I have had no Botox or surgery. I don’t judge people who choose to have it, but I don’t want to erase who I am.

Sleep is easier to make up than a unique evening.

Some fairy tales end with the girl marrying the prince some start there.

You know, there’s a thing about the woman across the room. You see the woman across the room, you think, She’s so poised; she’s so together. But she looks at you and you are the woman across the room for her.

Attitude is everything.

Usually, the fairy tale ends with the girl marrying the prince. But mine started as soon as the marriage was over.

I design for the woman who loves being a woman.

Don’t talk about your diet. It’s just boring, and the last thing you need when dieting is to be considered boring.

I don’t care about fashion, I care about women.

Confidence. If you have it, you can make anything look good.

My best friend is me, and I take good care of me.

If you’re not sure what to wear, if you don’t know how everyone else is going to be, then just be at your most beautiful.

I didn’t know what I wanted to do, but I always knew the woman I wanted to be.

The easier your hair is to manage the happier you’ll be with it and the prettier you’ll feel.

It’s like learning to fall properly. If you can manage not to tighten up you won’t hurt yourself as much. The same theory applies to your day, physically and emotionally. The tensions simply can’t take hold.

Votes should be weighed not counted.

Every time I’ve failed, people had me out for the count, but I always come back.

I’ve said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed.

Unlike any other nation, here the people rule, and their will is the supreme law. It is sometimes sneeringly said by those who do not like free government, that here we count heads. True, heads are counted, but brains also.

When I’m doing an appearance somewhere and taking questions from the audience, I can always count on: ‘Tell about the guy who died on your show!’

These hands keep a score of everything.

My mother made countless sacrifices so that her children – and all children – could grow up in a better nation and world.

I had my first kiss when I was 11, but I think I’ve blocked it out of my mind because it was so bad. I’m not even sure it counts as a kiss.