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

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

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.

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

As a parent you try to maintain a certain amount of control and so you have this tug-of-war ... You have to learn when to let go. And that's not easy.

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

I remember singing around the house to records that were playing. All kinds of music. And the great James Cleveland was often in our house, and I grew up with his sound as well.