I'm going to dress a little different. Those frilly dresses I used to wear on stage, that was the old me.

I'm going to keep on keeping on as long as I've got my health and strength, and God gives me that will to do it.

As for me, I rarely write a song. But when I do write a song, like "Ain't No Chimneys in the Projects," which came to me at three a.m. one morning, on a whim - I get a percentage.

I just want to be able to get onstage and move and move around.

[I've worked as a guard at Rikers Island] from 1988 to 1990.

Some people can sit down and write a song, but they can't go on stage like I can.

There ain't no way I'm going to be droppin' nothing. If I was in my twenties, maybe. But now I try to keep it looking decent. I don't want to expose too much of my bare ass.