Raquel Welch

[on Mae West] I do think she was a spectacular talent. There’s no question she was a comedic genius, but I did, in person, actually feel like she was some kind of a dockworker in drag.

I was not a classic mother. But my kids were never palmed off to boarding school. So, I didn’t bake cookies. You can buy cookies, but you can’t buy love.

I couldn’t stand that my husband was being unfaithful. I am Raquel Welch – understand?

The mind is an erogenous zone.

There aren’t any hard women, only soft men.

Once you get rid of the idea that you must please other people before you please yourself, and you begin to follow your own instincts – only then can you be successful. You become more satisfied, and when you are, other people will tend to be satisfied by what you do.

My career has been a combination of hard work and timing. Working with Stevie Wonder at the Kennedy Center Honors was timing. The Tonight Show was timing. Carnegie Hall, that was timing. My marriage was timing. I was ready, I wanted to know what it was like.

My vocal style I haven’t tried to copy from anyone. It just developed until it became the girlish whine it is today.

I’ve had tinnitus for about ten years, and since I started protecting my ears it hasn’t got any worse – touch wood.

I like friends who are honest and loyal. They also shouldn’t be afraid to be a kid. I like having fun.

I didn’t know how to throw a punch – why would I? Who knows how to throw a punch? Now I do it all the time, and it makes me feel strong.

Husbands are like fires – they go out when unattended.

People today are still living off the table scraps of the sixties. They are still being passed around – the music and the ideas.

I have so much to talk about. I have so much to share. There are so many different emotions going on inside of me right now.

Cocaine is God’s way of telling you you are making too much money.

I knew I could always work harder and be better and show I’m more prepared. I had a whole science to, like, how you have to arrive 17 minutes early to something. If you’re 20 minutes early, that means you’re too eager, but 17 minutes gives you time to, like, settle, sign in, use the ladies’ room, have some water, and get comfortable.

When I’m no longer rapping I want to open up an ice-cream parlor and call myself Scoop Dogg.

An interim government was set up in Afghanistan. It included two women, one of whom was Minister of Women’s Affairs. Man, who’d she have to show her ankles to to get that job?

Photoshop is just like makeup. When it’s done well it looks great, and when it’s overdone you look like a crazy asshole.

So I’ve realized that this outfit is part of Richard Petty now. And the real Richard Petty is still hidden behind these glasses.

As far as being in the spotlight and under public scrutiny, a lot of that’s about how much you put yourself out there. It’s not like we go to every premiere and every celebrity function and every charity auction. We really just try to maintain our privacy and never let our public persona get out of hand.