Thank God there were a couple of people in my life who said, "Go on, go on - you can do it!

I was raised on the streets, in hot, steamy Brooklyn, with stifled air.

I don't like the word 'superstar'. It has ridiculous implications. These words - star, stupor, superstar, stupid star - they're misleading. It's a myth.

It is every woman's dream to be some man's dream woman.

Men are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work... a woman is allowed that feeling for a man, but not her work.

. . . it is true, even people with painful childhoods. . . grow up to be more interesting people. So, there's always a positive to a negative.

When I sing, people shut up.