I saw the Supremes when they were still singing in little black skirts and white blouses.

Parents have to really talk to their children before they leave home.

And I've been hurt hurt bad. I might be just twenty-six, but I'm an old woman in disguise twenty-six goin'on sixty-five.

Yes, I've always been fashion conscious.

Clark Terry is an American Master. I love to listen to him, particularly 'Mumbles.' I was so delighted when we received degrees together, along with Edward Kennedy, at the New England Conservatory in 1997.

R&B is not a fad; it's the truth.

People really don't have to give you anything, so appreciate what people give you. And just don't let that go to your head, whatever it is they give you.