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.

So if anybody wants to get me something, get me 60 crabs - one for each year. I don't want no diamonds, I don't want no shoes, I don't want no party. I want some crabs.

In matters of the heart it is always better to want something you don't have than to have something you don't want.

I was very shy. I'm still shy.

You don't have to be an angel, just be someone who can give.

All I can tell you really is if you get to the point where someone is telling you that you are not great or not good enough, just follow your heart and don't let anybody crush your dream.

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