I think a responsibility comes with notoriety, but I never think of it as power. It's more like something you hold, like grains of sand. If you keep your hand closed, you can have it and possess it, but if you open your fingers in any way, you can lose it just as quickly.

I have three girls, and I say the same thing to them. I'm not involved in their careers because I've learned that it's important for them to stand on their own two feet. They'll feel better and prouder of themselves if they do.

I don't care about vacations. I go away and I come back real quick because I like my work. I really like my work to consume me.

I would like to enjoy my life a little bit more so I can really have more fun, but my work is my fun.

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

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.

I was brought up in this part of Detroit that they used to call the ghetto.