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.

Long as I was riding in a big Cadillac and dressed nice and had plenty of food, that's all I cared about.

I'm not a braggart, but when I was a little girl people used to come from all over Hollywood to hear me sing.

Bobby Womack is always very real, both with his music and as a person.

In some ways, it's my rage that keeps me going.

I’ve learned to live with rage. In some ways, it’s my rage that keeps me going. Without it, I would have been whipped long ago. With it, I got a lot more songs to sing.

It's not about battling the original artists when I record these songs, it's about paying tribute to them.