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.

With fame, I'm able to create more. With every success, you have more freedom to create.

I have a hard time doing anything someone else tells me to do! I've always been driven to follow my own path and not be pushed down another lane because some executive thought I could be more commercially successful or whatever.

I don't know many people who don't have somebody in their family who's a part of the gay-lesbian-bisexual-transgender community. It's not like they're aliens or outsiders. This is family.

Mix sheer hypocrisy with mediocrity, You play it safe every time.

Everything does go in a circle.

You can't make your kids what you want them to be. They are who they are and you have to help them to succeed in the world as best you can.