I've never been with a woman, so I guess I'm straight, OK? But I'm straight enough to know the difference between right and wrong. I am straight enough to know that if you want to marry whoever you want to marry, you should be able to marry whoever you want to marry

I haven't stopped looking for the good in people. I've just accepted the fact that I'm not always going to find it.

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

I think the race situation is getting better as far as people respecting each other goes. I think the race situation with entertainment is not that much better.

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.

You've got to know business before you go to show business.

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.