All the things I used to like - cookies, ice cream, gumbo - I don't like anymore.

It feels so good to be happy.

When I sing for myself, I probably sing for anyone who has any kind of hurt, any kind of bad feelings, good feelings, ups and downs, highs and lows, that kind of thing.

I like to shop, but I don't like to go out to dances.

And as I started reaching deeper I realized that most of the blues of that day was done by men. Women just didn't have the nerve.

It's the same thing now. When I go onstage the young people scream and holler as much as the older generation.

You know, YOUR President, the one with the big ears-he ain't my President - had that woman singing for him at his Inauguration. She's going to get her [expletive] whooped. How dare Beyonce sing MY song that I been singing forever. Now I'm going to sing it for y'all.