Just because you are different does not mean that you have to be rejected

The public has become my fairy godmother.

Don't depend on other people to be responsible for you. Don't make yourself stressed out over nonsensical things like material things.

I am a mother and I know the feeling of having a baby come out of my gut. I have a baby and then you send him off to war. No wonder the kids rebel and take pot.

Aging has a wonderful beauty and we should have respect for that.

When I played Lady Day, I took Aba onstage with me as a joke. He started singing-in tune!-and the audience loved it.

I love men and I like to get their attention.