Sex and drugs were simply not discussed in our culture at that time.

A lot of the way I sing is playing off other musicians. It's what I love to do the most.

It's very tough for a woman in the music business, and he really was such a motivator from the beginning, when I was super-shy, and he saw a lot in me on a personal level that he knew could carry through on the stage.

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

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

As an entertainer, my job is to help people have fun.

Wherever there's a human being there's going to be somebody that tries to hold you back.