I really do hate to sing.

I don't have to be an imitation of a white woman that Hollywood sort of hoped I'd become. I'm me, and I'm like nobody else.

I'm me, and I'm like nobody else.

I'm not a career kind of person. When I saw new music, new trends coming in, I didn't see any place for me. And I didn't think about it as a career loss, because I was married - I have a great- grandchild now. The low points were when I lost people that I really cared about.

You have to be taught to be second class; you're not born that way. But the slanting process is so subtle that you frequently don't realize how you're being slanted until very late in the game.

Don't be afraid to feel as angry or as loving as you can, because when you feel nothing, it's just death.

A little nepotism never hurt nobody, honey. If you got it, use it. Press on with it. Remind them of it.