On the radio I listen to the easy-listening stations, the jazz stations.

The best substitute for money is ingenuity.

it follows that if you aren't happy with yourself, you won't be happy with others.

A lot of the music, and especially rap, I don't understand.

My music was called plastic, antiseptic, placid.

Being able to sing all these years has helped me handle life's tragedies.

I was a kid from Oklahoma who never wanted to be a singer, but was told I could sing. And things snowballed.