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

I don't judge people by their sexual orientation or the color of their skin, so I find it really hard to identify someone by saying that they're a gay person or a black person or a Jewish person.

I just appreciate still having the longevity that I've had in my career.

My family called me a wiggle tail because I was a little skinny, wiry kid full of energy.

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.

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.

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.