Crying is cleansing. There's a reason for tears, happiness or sadness.

It is frustrating to be a Black woman in the entertainment industry.

We are all here to be a service to those who can't be a service to themselves. We can give people hope and more reasons for being human.

I look at the careers of people I'm standing on the shoulders of. People like Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr., and Sarah Vaughan. These are icons I wanted to emulate, and I feel like they've been holding me up for quite a long time.

It was step by step that I earned my way into the lives and hearts of people by giving them recordings that I grew to love and as I found my listening audience also grew to love.

I had said before that I'd never write an autobiography because I've been around, and there's a lot that I've seen and heard that stays with me. That's just mine. I didn't want to do a kiss-and-tell, as some of my peers have.

Linda Georgian is a wonderful psychic. She can do amazing things.