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

I like hip-hop music, but some of the lyrics make me want to cry.

I've had 60 years of ups and downs, and all of the downs that I've had, I'm happy that I've had them because it's taught me to appreciate all the ups.

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

All I do is stay in the kitchen and cook. I don't go there to party.

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 want to be remembered as a woman who was fair and always gave 150 percent, no matter what I did.