My career always took me away from home, I was always away from home and I just wanted to be at home.
Sometimes in a restaurant you'll see a lady dressed very nice, she picks up a menu or something... a little fan is always a little bit nice.
I am attracted to myths.
I kind of felt I left a good message and memory with the people in terms of my work, and I always felt with a good record, I could always come back.
There comes a point where it is just undignified to be a rock 'n' roll star.
What is love but a second-hand emotion?
In the USA there is no female equivalent to god.
I never close a door on any other religion. Most of the time, some part of it makes sense to me. I don't believe everyone has to chant just because I chant. I believe all religion is about touching something inside of yourself.
I don't want to act just to be on the screen doing anything and looking any kind of way.
Greatest hits is easy because one has nothing to do - except that we both, Roger and I, felt that new songs should be there because I've been away for awhile.
There's a difference in how I feel when I'm travelling and when I'm sitting still. I've been doing it for such a long time it has become a part of my life. It gets a bit hectic depending on where I am, you know, like there's different parts of the world that's more stimulating than other parts.
After I moved with my mother to St. Louis, my older sister and I went to see Ike Turner, who was the hottest then. His music charged me. I was never attracted to him, but I wanted to sing with his band.
I regret not having had more time with my kids when they were growing up.
My parents separated when I was younger
You wouldn't believe that I still have the bikers with the caps to the side at my door, ringing the doorbell.
I don't have a problem with being black in a white country or being with my people.
I've never bothered about my color.
Movies are movies: they take you back in time, and how it still is for some
It just feels like Erwin and me... even at night I don't feel I have to look pretty in bed.
I didn't worry about it because I kind of felt I left a good message and memory with the people in terms of my work, and I always felt with a good record, I could always come back.
It's every man for himself, every woman, every child. A new breed ferocious and wild.
If you take care of yourself, 60 is nothing for women these days. In today's world you can be the kind of woman you want to be. Of course, I've aged a bit in the face, but not enough to worry about it. I've common sense enough to know that if I'm nearly 70 something has to give.
In Tennessee where I grew up, there were animals, farms, wagons, mules.
I find that the British audience listens and they accept the performer for its value, value as a singer, as a vocalist, value as a performer. You're only accepted if you're good.
I'm perfectly fine now if I never went on stage again.
