My children come first and the career comes in around that.

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 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.

With the Supremes I made so much money so fast all I wanted to do was buy clothes and pretty things. Now I'm comfortable with money and it's comfortable with me.

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

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

I don't know what my life would have been like if I'd never gotten into show business.