In the '50s, a lot of girls never saw beyond the wedding day.
Stop living a day at a time and stop worrying about age.
I am strong, I am invincible, I am woman.
I did my own music videos, my own TV commercials.
I've been in a serious conversation with one of my children, and a fan has come up. I've been in a public bathroom and had the hand come under the stall with a paper and pen. That sort of thing anybody can live without.
It took so long to make it in America. The year I arrived was a bad year for women singers, the record company told me. So I starved. I lived in a hotel so dreadful I can't even talk about it.