I'm very spontaneous.

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

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

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

Real divas give 150 percent. If they don't have the right dress, they'll go out in whatever they have. If there are no microphones, they'll still put on a show. They are people who put their heart and soul in what they do.

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.

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.