...the people at large absolutely gave James Brown respect. He was an original like a Rembrandt or a Picasso

Music changes, and I'm gonna change right along with it.

You're a no good heartbreaker, you're a liar, and you're a cheat. I don't know why I let you do these things to me.

Women have broken through the glass ceiling, and they're now more and more in the power seats.

I'm the lady next door when I'm not on stage.

I was in my dad's church, his Baptist church, and I think the first song I ever performed was 'Jesus Be a Fence Around Me.'

I think the hardest thing is losing weight. That's the hardest thing more than anything else.