My mom loved my Christmas music, so I did an awful lot of it!

When you do interviews, you have to talk about yourself - and I like to find out about other people. I am so familiar with everything that I do. Ive said it over and over again. I think it is boring.

And fortunately, I haven't had any problem with my voice. I've been able to sing at a level of consistency that the people are expecting.

I'm just one of the lucky people. I have no other reason for my longevity.

I really, really enjoy music and that's why I do what I do.

Her desire for fame is like her hair. It keeps getting bigger. [on Diana Ross

My favorite singer to this day is Nat King Cole. I've tried to emulate his phrasing. It is so absolutely beautiful to listen to his lovely voice.

I don't feel old, except in the morning once in a while, when I can't turn over properly and say, "What's that? When did that happen?" Our brain doesn't accept that. We're geared to last.

But I am very grateful for my success, and with success, of course, comes a whole lot of celebrity.

Let's love, press your lips to mine. Let's kiss, for that thrill divine.

In other words, the celebrity gets out of hand, and if youre not careful, you will forget what you are about - and that is you are about making music that people want to hear.

In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong.

The allegation of some progressives that America is an evil empire is not simply wrong—it is obscene.

There were a number of definitions of courage, but now I was seeing it in its simplest form: you do what has to be done day after day, and you never quit.

In the history of enterprise, most of the protagonists of major new products and companies began their education

I don't plan on being disappointed. We plan on being really good, and obviously we plan on winning.

I'm not a method actress.

Have passion for what you do; believe in yourself and your product and your customer; persevere; delegate; listen. Have fun. Today, I add: "Do good".

Some writers keep a tighter rein on that than others. For short story collections I'm definitely in the loose-rein camp.

Don't be fooled by my beauty - the light of my face comes from the candle of my spirit.

Wash the dust from your SOUl and HEART with wisdom's WATER.