I even thought of adopting a child as a single mother.

People can take your name and write a book about you and they make money off of it. How is the public supposed to know you're not authorizing that book? As soon as you make a big stink about it it only makes the book sell more.

Icon. What is an icon? When someone is iconic it means they have established a certain kind of legacy possibly, and I think it does come with time. It's something in the arts, I feel. Maybe not, maybe it doesn't have to be in the arts exactly. I'm not really sure. But I don't think you are born an icon.

The first time I heard a Billie Holiday record, I thought, 'What's so great about Billie Holiday?'

I jog and I roller-skate. I dance - that's the best exercise.

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.

So I'm not worried about the emotions I carry with me, because I'm happy that I have them; I think it's good for the work I do. The emotions that are not healthy are the ones you hold inside, like anger.