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

Call in the Caped Crusader, Green Hornet, Kato, too. I'm in so much trouble I don't know what to do.

And I was booked once to go on 'Ed Sullivan' and I got bumped and ran out the back door crying.

Let's start with the church. As you know, it's my background, it's a natural setting for me and it's definitely my roots.

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

If you disrespect everybody that you run into, how in the world do you think everybody's supposed to respect you?

I love producing, writing. I rarely write with other writers unless I have a real great respect for them. Like Burt Bacharach, or Carole Sager, or Stevie Wonder. Somebody like Smokey - like that. Otherwise, I choose to write alone.