I felt like if I just gave my heart to what I was doing, I would automatically be a star.

Stay cool, stay humble, stay beautiful, and just do the work

I was able to endure and play a special part in music history. And I always managed to keep working, even if I wasnt a big solo artist.

My family is part Creole, and were Indian, and were also very, very black. My father was so black, he was blue.

I have always said every good thing is divinely sent from heaven.

Carole King is one of my dearest friends. Were like family.

My mother was a lupus patient. I was a child with the lupus gene.

I got put out of my church choir because my pastor said, 'We can't have baby sister singing the blues and coming in here and singing on Sunday morning.'

Happiness is the silent purpose of all existence.

Better to be a successful failure, than to fail at success.

To pursue science is not to disparage the things of the spirit. In fact, to pursue science rightly is to furnish the framework on which the spirit may rise.

We cannot continue. Our pension costs and health care costs for our employees are going to bankrupt this city.

Silence is not only never thirsty, but also never brings pain or sorrow.

There was something missing In my foundation Why blame the poor walls?

The way is light and fluid for the man with no preferences.

Let us drink for the replenishment of our strength, not for our sorrow

Nothing wrong with pop.

A lot of bad behavior in singers is caused by nerves.