I love Canadians because I don't see very much racism in Canada.

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.

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.

I know how to put it on when it comes to interviews and performing because I have to. But I'm pretty laid back.

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

Once I stopped dwelling on what I didn't have, on what I thought I was going to lose, and began to give freely, everything opened up for me. Everything began to flow into my life.

I just sing the stuff that makes me smile, makes me feel like I didn't sell myself out.