Well, I was in a band. I was the singer with a band called the Soul Satisfiers. I sang then quite a bit of Jazz and some Top 40 stuff.

I have been to more than 80 countries, and there is not one-not one-that I didn't have women coming up to me sharing stories of overcoming major abuse, a bad marriage turning good, etc.

That's why you find a lot of entertainers are insecure, because it's the perfect camouflage for insecurity.

Well, I went through some emotionally abusive relationships and allowed myself to not be properly respected as a lady, as a human being even, though I tried everything I knew to be a lady.

None of my family had anything to do with show business, my life was totally foreign to them.

My audience is often hands-up, standing and cheering and on tables and all of that kind of things.

Performing was easy because I believed that I could sing, but that was an outside thing.