I spend too much money on my sets and my gowns. I think the presentation is important. I don't think people want to see the old show all the time.

I just think Josephine Baker life story needs to be done. I think she was an extraordinary woman. To see someone who was basically a showgirl have the kind of lifestyle she had was extraordinary. I really think she made her own lifestyle.

Most people are so hard to please that if they met God, they'd probably say yes, she's great, but.

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 have a lust for life.

I was brought up in this part of Detroit that they used to call the ghetto.

My father worked hard, but we were still very poor; and I didn't want anybody arguing about money, so I became the entertainer, the one who wanted everyone to be happy. I didn't want there to be any problems.