I like Beyonce's music - some of it, not all of it.

If a song's about something I've experienced or that could've happened to me it's good. But if it's alien to me, I couldn't lend anything to it. Because that's what soul is all about.

I've never recorded anything I didn't like.

Being a singer is a natural gift. It means I'm using to the highest degree possible the gift that god gave me to use. I'm happy with that.

Judy Garland is a singer with a capital S. And talk about soul. This woman was soul personified. Judy Garland is a class by herself.

Yes, I've always been fashion conscious.

We all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It's our basic human right.