I have such memories; I keep thinking about all the people I worked with. I was in the recording studio and I was talking to one of the engineers who is 24 and they don't know these people. They just absolutely don't know the people and it just tickles me. I don't feel like I've grown up.

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

I think that if my voice for some reason changes - because your voice does change - then it's time for me not to sing.

I really think I want to live in a lot of places.I don't want possessions to hold me down.

Discipline is a necessary tool to help you get what you want in life. It forces you to stay on center and to move away from the things that are not necessary.

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.

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.