Believe in the power of your voice! Be yourself. Everyone is unique.

You know, for me, the realization that two people should have the right to form a sacred union regardless of their gender was strengthened when I saw a performance of the play The Normal Heart in 1985. After feeling the love those two men had for each other, I dare anybody not to want them to get married by the end.

Stay true to yourself. People respond to authenticity.

Sometimes you resent the people you love and need the most. Love is so fascinating in all its forms, and I think everyone who has ever been a mother will relate to this.

When they tried me out as a host on TV, I found that I just couldn't be that gregarious person. I was stranger than that.

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.

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.