Well, we can't leave anyone behind just because they are sex workers or they are needle users, intravenous drug users, prostitutes.

Children are extremely important. They are the future of the world.

I'm 27 years clean, and when you get clean, you see things in a different way. It makes your life so much more manageable.

I just go into the studio, look at the lyrics for the first time when I put them on the piano, and go. If I haven't got it within 40 minutes, I give up. It's never changed, the thrill has never gone, because I don't know what I'm going to get next.

I love people who expect me to wear great, feathery costumes- and I do it. It's like an actor getting into his costume for his part. I don't really feel that part until I'm into whatever I'm going to wear.

I've been going to Russia since 1979. I've been going quite frequently, and I've always had a wonderful rapport with the Russian audiences and with the Russian people.

Lawdy Mama, those Friday nights when Suzy wore her dresses down tight.