Cher

“I am never offended when I see the drag-queens dressed up like me.”

“I kill myself for my body.”

“I've always taken risks, and never worried what the world might really think of me.”

“Men aren't necessities. They're luxuries.”

“Yes, it's a man's world, but that's all right because they're making a total mess of it. We're chipping away at their control, taking the parts we want. Some women think it's a difficult task, but it's not.”

“Don't take your toys inside just because it's raining.”

“I'm from a Gypsy background!”

“A girl can wait for the right man to come along but in the meantime that still doesn't mean she can't have a wonderful time with all the wrong ones.”

“It's not necessary, in order to be a complete person, that I have a man. It's not the end-all, be-all of my life.”

“I'm learning English at the moment. I can say 'Big Ben', 'Hello Rodney', 'Tower Bridge' and 'Loo'.”

“If you really want something you can figure out how to make it happen.”

“I remember a great America where we made everything. There was a time when the only thing you got from Japan was a really bad cheap transistor radio that some aunt gave you for Christmas.”

“In this business it takes time to be really good - and by that time, you're obsolete.”

“Men should be like Kleenex, soft, strong and disposable.”

“My mother was the most creative, fantastic person and would come up with great things for us to do. She'd buy art supplies and all of us would sit around painting. I was lucky.”

“Women are the real architects of society.”

“I really don't think of myself as a singer. I think of myself as an entertainer, and the best place I do it is onstage.”

“The trouble with some women is that they get all excited about nothing - and then marry him.”

“You've probably noticed already that I'm dressed like a grown-up... I apologize to the Academy, and I promise that I will never do it again.”

“I think that the longer I look good, the better gay men feel.”