I was a shy kid with a broom handle that I pretended was a microphone.

When I was married, I wasn't loving myself. Now I'm in love with myself. I will get married again.

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 don't tweet, Twitter, email, Facebook, look book, no kind of book. I have a land line phone at my home - that's the only phone I have. If my phone rang every day like everyone else around me, I would lose my mind.

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'm very shy in a crowd.

I never thought I would be singing for the world.