I've never been a social person. When I grew up, the other girls would all be combing their hair and exchanging lipstick, and I just couldn't do that group thing.

I don't take myself as seriously as some people think, and I'd hate anyone to think I was preaching. That's the last thing I want.

It was very easy for me to dedicate myself to the care of mothers, help them have healthy babies, help them be healthy, help them in a place where they don't have opportunities. Success breeds the excitement to continue going. It's harder to get out of bed when you've failed.

I stand on the shoulders of giants that have gone before me, in terms of affording people like myself, women, the access to democracy, the vote, medical treatment, education, everything that I've been given. It's all been earned.

Music is a great vehicle for communications, and I have a certain platform. I have an opportunity and I have to take it.

I wouldn't say that I've mellowed. I'm less mellow, perhaps.

I don't have clear-cut positions. I get baffled by things. I have viewpoints. Sometimes they change.