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.

I know people I feel are extremely talented, but I don’t know that I’ve ever heard any geniuses.

I don't feel one's personal medical condition is everybody's business. It just isn't something you advertise, and it's not open to discussion.

Politics are not my arena. Music is.

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

Music does a lot of things for a lot of people. It's transporting, for sure. It can take you right back, years back, to the very moment certain things happened in your life. It's uplifting, it's encouraging, it's strengthening.

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