My mother never really thought I could become anything.

In the music business, we all do different things, but we sit there and admire other people who can write a song differently or sing differently. It's not so competitive.

When I was a teenager in New York, I was buying antique clothes. I still am.

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

A human being is only interesting if he's in contact with himself. I learned you have to trust yourself, be what you are, and do what you ought to do the way you should do it. You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.

I think when I was younger, I wanted to be a star, until I became a star, and then it's a lot of work. It's work to be a star. I don't enjoy the stardom part. I only enjoy the creative process.

My nose was part of my heritage, and if I had talent to sing and to act, why wasn't that enough?