I'm 60, and I did 60-year-old women songs. I'm not trying to be the Hip-Hop Queen, although I am the original Hip Hop Queen.

Every exit is an entrance to someplace else.

I'm so grounded, it's sad.

I can't do some of the songs that younger girls like Mary J. Blige and Beyonce are doing. They have their own place and I have my own place.

I love Canadians because I don't see very much racism in Canada.

I don't feel as though I have to prove anything to anybody.

I think the race situation is getting better as far as people respecting each other goes. I think the race situation with entertainment is not that much better.