Well, I make every song I sing personal. I've never chosen a song that wasn't.

It didn't matter as much because I'm a singer, not an actress, but my face is more acceptable in a way now than when I first came on the scene, because I'm part black.

I had some dreams, they were clouds in my coffee.

You say we'll soar like two birds through the clouds, but soon you'll cage me on your shelf. I'll never learn to be just me, first by myself.

I used the physical scar of my breast cancer operation, the scar that I have across my chest as a metaphor for all kinds of scars.

We are in this period now where we all are trying to be in shape physically and deny ourselves any pleasure.

Do you know how many concerts I've done in my whole life, in more than 35 years of performing? Sixty-four.