With the Supremes I made so much money so fast all I wanted to do was buy clothes and pretty things. Now I'm comfortable with money and it's comfortable with me.

My problem is that people have been writing books about me.A lot of things that people write about you are incorrect, but you don't fight about it.

My travels led me to where I am today. Sometimes these steps have felt painful, difficult, but led me to greater happiness and opportunities.

One thing you cannot control is nature.

I want to go Africa. I want to go to China. There are some places I want to go not to work, but to really explore and to see for my own education.

I'm from a singing family, but they're not professional singers, only gospel - my grandfather was a minister. I started to sing the music that was out then because my mother used to play it all the time. It was the end of the '50s, the beginning of the '60s. There was Frankie Lyman and the Teenagers, Etta James... We used to sit outside on the stoop and sing. We even used to put our radios and record players outside.

If I have someone who believes in me, I can move mountains.