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

Why is it people who want the truth never believe it when they hear it?

My friend Quincy Jones says we won our first Grammys together in 1963. I have no recollection. I don't even remember the room. When he showed me the picture, I remembered what I wore. But it's like awards don't mean anything.

My mother never really thought I could become anything.

Eighteenth century American furniture and the design of the architects Greene and Greene are my special love.

My biggest nightmare is I'm driving home and get sick and go to hospital. I say: 'Please help me.' And the people say: 'Hey, you look like...' And I'm dying while they're wondering whether I'm Barbra Streisand.

They're called 'angels' because they're in heaven until the reviews come out.