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.

I'm very spontaneous.

When I look into the crowd, I see young and old, black and white - it's amazing that I'm able to connect with so many different kinds of people.

There's not much longevity in music today. It's so easy to go in, put some pretentious lyrics on, with people saying the same thing over and over and over.

I keep showing decade after decade that I am a real performer.

I decided to always sing in the back with the chorus and never went up front because I had trouble performing.

Anger is like the blade of a butcher knife - very difficult to hold on to for long without harming yourself.