I'm not a bourgeois person, never will be.

At last my love has come along. My lonely days are over and life is like a song.

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

I figured I could do "It's A Man's, Man's, Man's World" because I believe it's the truth.

My mother always told me, even if a song has been done a thousand times, you can still bring something of your own to it. I'd like to think I did that.

My mother used to play nothing but Billie Holiday.

I am so happy that I am alive and can walk.