I'm not gonna worry about what people think about me. I'm too busy. I don't give a hoot.

Fame doesn't redeem you. It takes a long time to get there, and when you're finally there, you realise you still have authority figures telling you what to do.

Your own shoes are hard enough to fill, but somebody else's are even tougher.

I learned jazz; that comes from blues. I learned rock; that comes from blues. I learned pop; that comes from blues. Even dance, that comes from blues, with the answer-and-response.

Men and women are different. I don't think men grow a brain until 26 or even 30. Girls mature a lot quicker.

I do have a lot of difficulty figuring out what I want to be working on, but what's the alternative? To be one of those people who has a million things they want to do, and then never does any of them? And then where will you be?

You can laugh when I talk, but not when I sing.