I Want To Sing Like Aretha Franklin.

The Naked Female Body Is Treated So Weirdly In Society. It's Like People Are Constantly Begging To See It, But Once They Do, Someone's A Hoe.

Count Basie Isn't Just A Man, Or Even Just A Band. He's A Way Of Life.

I'm Not A Career Kind Of Person. When I Saw New Music, New Trends Coming In, I Didn't See Any Place For Me. And I Didn't Think About It As A Career Loss, Because I Was Married - I Have A Great- Grandchild Now. The Low Points Were When I Lost People That I Really Cared About.

I Found Out Along The Way That They Like You A Little Imperfect.

I Don't Have To Be An Imitation Of A White Woman That Hollywood Sort Of Hoped I'd Become. I'm Me, And I'm Like Nobody Else.