I don't wear my political feelings on my sleeve. However, if I'm asked, I will answer honestly.

I'm still with that feeling that I am afraid of doing the wrong thing, because somebody is going to punish me.

We're not thought of in terms of color because we are entertainers. We are there to entertain you not because we are black, white, pink, or green or gay or straight or because we are Catholic or Protestant.

I am the original Material Girl.

I always believe in living in the country, because that's where what I eat is what I can put back in the dirt.

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

Innocence is one of the most exciting things in the world.