I would get in fights a lot. My voice was so heavy, kids would say you sound like a boy, so I would start beating them up.

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

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.

I just had a wonderful life, and I couldn't ask for anything else.

We stay strong. We stay positive, keep our heads up, love one another, spread love. The Devil can't win when you have God on your side.

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

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