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 want to live in Paris for a couple of years. I'm dying to do the Josephine Baker story. I really want to be there and do it. It's certainly my intention to do it.

I'm not really a songwriter - I'm an interpreter. So in a sense I am an actress first and foremost. I act out the songs, and I lead with my heart.

A reporter once asked me if I ever cried. I wonder if people think I'm just as hard as a rock and have no emotions at all.

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.

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.

I don't know what my life would have been like if I'd never gotten into show business.