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

Being a parent is very important to me.

You can have a lot of New York and still see what's going on in the rest of the world, I think - like in China.

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

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.

My life has often been described as 'from rags to riches' but in fact, the Ross's were never raggedy.

It's not fair that our name can be used in any newspaper, any article connected with anything, and we can't really fight about it. It's like any newspaper that might take a picture of you, bad or good, and sometimes they're awful pictures, and they can use them without your approval and you can't do anything about it.