I don't care what anyone does, as long as they go through the copyright office.

I told [my daughter Amy] at an early age that she had a good ear. But I didn't influence her music much. She's pretty much developed her style on her own, and she's a talented songwriter.

[The producer told me:] "We can try one more record, and we'll see how that one does." Those records never did anything. My music never got mentioned. My color got mentioned.

I have lots of CDs that came out at one time or another, and according to the statements I've gotten, no one's buying them.I figured there's no need making a new CD. There are plenty of mine out there, and none of them are selling.

I haven't stopped and I don't plan on stoppin' any time soon.

I sang and wrote songs when I was 12 years old.

Everybody cryin' mercy / When they don't know the meaning of the word.