You don't ask a man, 'Do you want to be in control [of your job]?' You assume he wants control. Why would a woman be any different?

I remember when I was 5 living on Pulaski Street in Brooklyn, the hallway of our building had a brass banister and a great sound, a great echo system. I used to sing in the hallway.

I don't read music. Not even essentially. Not even nonessentially.

I was a personality before I became a person.

It's very often the artist who gives a voice to the voiceless by speaking up when no one else will.

The dream - you never achieve it. The excitement of life lies in the hope, in the striving for something rather than the attainment.

I'm interested in the truth, and unauthorized biographies are not. Yes, I would like to correct those errors someday.