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

Having my animals or my children with me exorcises that feeling of not being wanted.

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 take life for what it has to offer me. I don't get aggravated about [getting older]. The wrinkles on my face are a natural process, so why should I get angry?

The public has become my fairy godmother.

I stayed on my own path and did not follow the herd. I made a way for myself.

I am the last of the Mohicans, the creme de la creme of cabaret.