Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood," a song that was written for Simone, she confronted the band's lead singer, Eric Burdon. "So you're the honky," she said, "who stole my song and got a hit out of it?

If I want to take a particular form of blues somewhere else I have the equipment to do it but I never even thought of it.

I only knew classical music, which to me was the only true music. The only way I could survive at the bar was to mix the classical music with popular songs, and that meant I had to sing. What happened was that I discovered I had a voice plus the talent to mix classical music together with more popular songs, which at the time I detested.

I love to travel to hear different kinds of music.

We have ordered things so long in a certain way, we are numb. Nobody dares question it. This is what is wrong, symbolically, with America.

You've got to learn to leave the table When love's no longer being served".

I look forward to doing my own show, not someone else's. That's always been my dream.