Americans can pretty much sing anything, whereas foreign singers are often limited in style, language, even composer.

Whenever you think that you are getting too big for the people around you, remember all that separates you from the guy sitting next to you is a little piece of gristle in your throat.

You go beyond 'I want it. I want to have it' - to - 'I'm going to have it

Americans can pretty much sing anything, whereas foreign singers are often limited in style, language, even composer.

You have to know exactly what you want out of your career. If you want to be a star, you don't bother with other things.

I must absorb everything while I'm still singing and step onto the stages of my many homes, and look out at the familiar surroundings, at the people who have come to hear me, to hear music.

My real achievement is my daughter and my three beautiful grandchildren.