All I tell artists is, 'Do what you love. Never let anybody talk you into changing what your musical idea is just to try to get a hit, because you're chasing your tail that way. It's not going to happen, and if you're successful, you have to do it the rest of your life. Stay true to it and do it for the sake of the art.'

We protect aspirin bottles in this country better than we protect guns from accidents by children.

I'm careful what I put out there into the universe, musically. I don't take it lightly.

Performing is one of the best feelings I know!

We seal our fate with the choices we take, but don't give a second thought to the chances we take.

I'm very comfortable in my own skin now. I started just being myself more and more. For women, this happens as you get older. I loved my 40s - I thought they were fantastic. And I'm loving my 50s. I'm going to love everything because you're either older or dead!

Stevie Wonder always smells so good... I'm like a DEA dog, I can smell people a block away!