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

So every time I make a new circuit, a new time around, then I change the show. You can't change the songs; people still want to hear "Lady Sings the Blues" and they still want to hear some of the oldies.

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.

Either black people end up being the best in sports, or else it's show business. You know, we all got rhythm.

What's important for me is to give my daughters a well-rounded education and a mixture of people in their lives. They'll make their own choices. I think they would be good in show business.

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.

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