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.

You can bend but never break me. Cause it only serves to make me more determined to achieve my final goal.

Women temper men. We have a good influence on them.

It took me a year to really learn the American lingo. I really feel for people who are coming here and don't speak English at all. It must be hell.

[On God:] She makes everything possible.

I like music to soothe me.

Yoga is wonderful. It clears up most health problems. It also gives you an overview.