I want to sing like Aretha Franklin. Before her I wanted the technical ability of Ella Fitzgerald.

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

50 years old is like springtime to me.

I thought of singing and acting as a living-making. I was able to take care of myself and a few of my friends.

I remember the day tDr. King died. I wasn't angry at the beginning. It was like something very personal in my life had been touched and finished.

I was lucky, as many of my generation was, in having a man like Dr. King in our lives. He came at a time that we needed to take a long look at each other and see how similar we were.

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