I'm An Old-fashioned Girl. And I Love

God Gave Me A Voice To Sing With, And When You Have That, What Other Gimmick Is There?

I'm The Kind Of Person, If, If I Have A Day That Is Nerve-wracking, Or My Week Has Been Bad Or Something's Going Down, I Won't Eat. Some People Eat, I Don't Eat. And It Shows In My Physical Frame.

Being Around People Like Aretha Franklin And Gladys Knight, Dionne Warwick And Roberta Flack, All These Greats, I Was Taught To Listen And Observe.

I'm Just Fiercely Protective. It's Like, That's My Lair And Nobody Messes With My Lair.

In Grammar School Some Of The Girls Had Problems With Me. My Face Was Too Light. My Hair Was Too Long. It Was The Black-consciousness Period, And I Felt Really Bad.