I don't like to be told what to do at all. That's unfortunate because a lot of people come up with good ideas and can direct you.

Mainly I make music, and you can do that until you drop dead.

With all due respect to Mick Jagger, who is one of my idols, I think it's a mistake to leap around and sing at 53. When I started, there weren't any women I looked up to. It was Mick. I never saw anybody go on a stage and have that tongue-in-cheek attitude. It was all straight, including the Beatles. I love his attitude, hands on hips and lips out.

When I was between the ages of five and nine, the soldiers of the Second World War wanted to have Betty Grable, but I wanted to be Betty Grable. She was the epitome of an alluring woman; she had it all as far as I was concerned.

God is all over the place. And even if He isn't, if it makes me feel good, why not?

It's none of the governments business who comes to, in, on, or from my body.

The same person is coming through in a different medium.... My art is simple, direct and definite.