Renounce all those material things that you gained by exploiting other human beings.

Have faith in humankind a respect for what is earthly and an unfaltering belief in peace and understanding

Some things remain fragments, just the lyrics and melodies or a line or two or a verse.

I don't try to project any image at all, other than the person that I am.

Men are able to sustain a career into their 50s and 60s and still present themselves as sex symbols. With women, on the other hand, people say, 'Why doesn't she retire?'

I never assumed I would have that commercial success, so it was a total surprise. And honestly, I never assumed that it would ever happen again.

I found myself in the middle of a race riot when I was about 14 years old, and I found someone pointing a gun at me and telling me to run or they'd shoot me.