You Know, You Do Need Mentors, But

I'm From A Singing Family, But They're Not Professional Singers, Only Gospel - My Grandfather Was A Minister. I Started To Sing The Music That Was Out Then Because My Mother Used To Play It All The Time. It Was The End Of The '50s, The Beginning Of The '60s. There Was Frankie Lyman And The Teenagers, Etta James... We Used To Sit Outside On The Stoop And Sing. We Even Used To Put Our Radios And Record Players Outside.

Hair Has Always Been Important.

I Don't Judge People By Their Sexual Orientation Or The Color Of Their Skin, So I Find It Really Hard To Identify Someone By Saying That They're A Gay Person Or A Black Person Or A Jewish Person.

Discipline Is A Necessary Tool To Help You Get What You Want In Life. It Forces You To Stay On Center And To Move Away From The Things That Are Not Necessary.

I'd Traveled A Lot, Was Going Temporarily Insane And Became Very Successful, But There Was No One To Take That All Home To.