I have never gotten into the label thing.

It has always been, and still is, my intention to build a playground in Central Park.

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

I use Jimmy Galanos gowns for real special occasions and things - television, special occasions where I know I'm being filmed. But I never really wear his gowns on stage. My stage gowns are more costumey. There's different levels of things that I wear.I would never wear my stage gowns to a party.

Criticism, even when you try to ignore it, can hurt. I have cried over many articles written about me, but I move on and I don't hold on to that.

I'm a parent, and I try to take care of my health and keep my life in order. In the last few years I've really had to decide what's important to me, and it seems to me that my family and my health are top on the list. And those have nothing to do with show business.

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