A reporter once asked me if I ever cried. I wonder if people think I'm just as hard as a rock and have no emotions at all.

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

All of a sudden I feel more womanly, I feel like I got a figure. I was always really straight up and down, the skinny one in the middle, like that poster at Elaine's of the Supremes at Lincoln Center - it was done by Joe Eula. To me that's really a reflection of the way I was. I was just like a bean pole. Now I'm getting a few curves and I like it.

When I'm working I actually forget to eat. I don't eat sweets because I don't care about them. I have no real secrets. I just realize that as I get older I should stay strong so I exercise more.

My father worked hard, but we were still very poor; and I didn't want anybody arguing about money, so I became the entertainer, the one who wanted everyone to be happy. I didn't want there to be any problems.

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

I have a lust for life.