You know, I can't remember my good reviews. I remember negative ones. They stay in my mind.

Being a woman in music was fine, but when I wanted to direct, I was poking my head into a man's world.

If I hear a record once, I usually never listen to it again. I rarely listen to music - unless it's Billie Holiday.

He (son Jason) doesn't see me as a (gay) icon, he sees me as his mother who touches his hair too much. No, I love being an icon to anybody. Equal rights, you know?

It always gave me the creeps when I saw performers who desperately wanted the audience to like them. That's not what I'm about.

I like to stay home a lot. I like to do other things, too, like decorate.

I was a personality before I became a person - I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy and driven.