When I was 12 and started to take singing lessons from a woman, she told me that I would probably spend the rest of my life taking care of my voice.

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.

I'd always need a creative outlet. But sometimes, I do fantasize what my life would be like if I weren't famous.

There is no kind of experience in which a Christian has a right to refuse to praise God, for 'all things work together for good to them that love God.'

People all over the nation are starved for honesty and common sense.

One of the best gifts you can give to an animal is a donation of a blanket to your local animal shelter during the winter months.

Peaceful coexistence cannot be limited to the powerful countries if we want to ensure world peace.

No matter how old you get, if you can keep the desire to be creative, you're keeping the man-child alive.

The biography I've written about Wendy Wasserstein will almost invariably be different than the one anyone else would write.

1995 government shutdown from GOP underestimating Clinton.

Little hinges swing big doors.

A whole world is taken to the grave with the dead person; each one of us is unique and unrepeatable.