How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard us from discrimination.

It's true that I have a very healthy ego; anybody who creates does.

There is nothing more important in life than love.

On a very basic level, many people think celebrities have too much already, so we shouldn't be entitled to our political opinions.

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

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.

I wish I could be like Shaw who once read a bad review of one of his plays, called the critic and said: 'I have your review in front of me and soon it will be behind me.'