I have no desire to look back, I only want to look forward to the things that are still ahead of me.

My self-imposed mandate is to be the voice for the voiceless.

I think it's a complete injustice, the way it's (the trial) being done

As far am I'm concerned, I don't listen to radio anymore. They play the same ten songs over and over again, so why would I?

What do you get when you kiss a guy? You get enough germs to catch pneumonia. After you do, he'll never phone you.

I have been blessed with some incredible compositions to record and perform and all of my songs have had the ability to grow as I and those who have supported this career of mine for these 50 years have.

I was born into a family of gospel singers. My early ambitions were many. I was going to be a ballerina. I almost had that one come true until I tore a tendon, so I transferred from my toes to my throat and that's where the talent settled.