I have a cultured manner of speaking.

I was reared in the church from the age of three. I've played piano since I was three. I performed at revivals and for my people around North Carolina for several years. People around town collected money to send me to school.

I don't like to go to strange places.

I feel more alive now than I ever have in my life. I have a chance to live, as I've dreamed.

I don't like drug addicts and she sounds like a cat.

I feel what they feel. And people who listen to me know that, and it makes them feel like they're not alone.

I do not believe in mixing of the races. You can quote me. I don't believe in it, and I never have. I've never changed. I've never changed my hair. I've never changed my color, I have always been proud of myself, and my fans are proud of me for remaining the way I've always been. I married a white man one time, but he was a creep