I'm so blessed that I can still be here to bring the music and have new generations of fans. My Pops would be so proud.

I feel so good singing songs that I sang with my father.

I have to pinch myself sometimes. It's unbelievable, but it's not. Because I know that this would not be happening if it hadn't been for Dr. Martin Luther King.

I'm so blessed that I can still be here to bring the music and have new generations of fans. My Pops would be so proud.

Whenever somebody tells me they want me to stop singing, I'm gone.

I won't wear rings and jewelry on the stage because I don't want you looking at my hands. I want you hearing what I'm saying.

If I wasn't my age, I would turn a flip. I would do some cartwheels. That's how I feel.